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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 1465. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1870. S?X DOLLARS A YKAH. JtrOXICHT DISPATCHES. BELEAGUERS) PARIS. BANCROFT ASD BISMARCK HAND IN OLOTE. FREE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PARIS AND BRUSSELS. THE PRUSSIANS UBIQUITOUS. PORTUGAL RECOGNIZES THE REPUBLIC, PROSPECTS OP A GENERAL GRAB FOR FRENCH TERRITORY. IMPOSING DEMONSTRATIONS IN HONOR OF THE UNITED STATES. THE POPE ORDERS NOV-RESIil TAVCE TO ITALIAN OCCUPATION. English Reports. LONDON, September 13. The Independence Beige says that the policy ol the American Government occasions no surprise, when the intimacy of Banorolt and Bismarck is considered. However, it is denied at Berlin that Bancroft made any representa? tions in favor of mediation. The Journal of SL Petersburg in discussing the mission of Thiers, expresses the hope that he will carry home with him convictions fav? orable to peace, but to do so he must-sacrifice many prejudices and obsolete ideas. He will then set France a great example, and make his own influence more powerful than ever. The American Consul at Havre ls enthu? siastically received at all times. Paris ls greatly excPed over the prospects of American intervention. Florence Demallaret, the French Ambassa? dor at Italy, has been recalled. Communications between Brussels and Paris are open via Douai and Qulerrain. The Prussians werer at Provins, in the de? partment of the Seine, and at Marne, at noon on Monday; also at Laval, Trocy and Carle pSht, in the department of Oise. The chances of a successful defence of Paris Ie thought to be hourly inueasing. French Reports. PARIS. September 13. The staff of the Minister of the Interior has reached Tours, Passes countersigned by a member of the ministry are required ot all persons entering or leaving Paris. A position at Severs, commanding the Seine and a portion ol' Paris, is being rapidly fortified. The Count de- Chambord exhorts the French people to resist Invasion to the bitter end. The cavalry of Von Santy, which escaped capture at Sedan, has arrived here. Portugal has recognized the Republic. American suburban residents were advised to remain in their houses and raise their na? tional flag. The Russian opposition to the dismember? ment ol France ls so decided that the Czar will propose a congress to settle terms of peace. TOURS, September 13. The arrangements to receive the diplomats have been discontinued. The Minister of For? eign Affaira having decided to remain at Paris, the diplomate will remain also. The people here are impressed in favor ot the American Government, and are anxious to testiry, through Washburne, their gratitude for the prompt recognition. * Thfiri was an imposing demonstration at Marseilles yesterday In honor of the United Staten Two hundred thousand persons as? sembled before the American Consulate. Es? quirros presented an address, speeches were made, and the bands played the national airs of France and America. MARSEILLES, September 13. Bands of Spanish volunteers for the French service are marching through the city, carry? ing French and Spanish flags. Prussian Reports. MUNICH, September 13. Prussia has been formally notified of the in? tention ol Bavaria to anrex a portion of ] France as a military frontier. Italian Reports. FLORENCE, September 13. The Pope has ordered that all resistance to Italian occupation shall cease. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. AN ARMISTICE CONSIDERED AND SUBMITTED. PAMS, September 9-6 P. M. An armistice is under consideraron. The idea was instituted by the Diplomatic Corps. The question baa been submitted to the Pro? visional Government by the Kassian. Italian and Spanish Ambassadors. Jules Favre bas received and returned the official visits of tbe English, Austrian, Italian, American, Turkish, Russian, Spanish and Swiss Ambassadors and tbe Pope's Nuncio. PARIS, September!?. The question of an armistice seems to be gaining ground. It ia announced now that several members of the Diplomatic Corps are taking the initiative in the matter which was mentioned by them to the Minister of the In? terior, and submitted to-day to tbe Council which was held at the Hotel de Ville. INTERESTING MtiEIINQ OP THE EMPRESS AND THE PRINCE. LONDON, September ll. At 9 o'clock Thursday oigbt M. de Lesseos. who was not recognized at the time, walked into the Marine Hotel, at Hastings, an! in? quired for the Prince Imperta!. M. S. Dopree, custodian of the Prince, wss snmm med. After a brief conversation the gentleman left the house, but s jon returned with two ladies dressed as 8isters of Cbarity, one of whom was the Empress Ens enie. The Empress was ao slrong that she waa buffered to see the Prince without notice or preparation. The scene at the meetinq ot the mother and child is not described, because those who witnessed it Bay it was indescribable. Tbe next day the Empress wa3 ill. Drs. Blackistone and Surtreon werj summoned. It is a remarkable coincidence that these medi? cal gentlemen are the same who prescribed for Louis Philippe, on bis landing at Hastings, twenty-two years ago. POSITION Or AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA-VIEWB OF BISMARCK. LONDON. September 10. The special correspondent of the ' Tribune" at Paris sends the following dispatch dned Friday, which ho wae refused permission to telegraph : Overtures bave beeo made to Austria to obtain anarmis'io from Prussia on the basis of territorial integrity. Rassu is un? derstood to have offered her good advice to the French Government and ia now taking active steps. Her assistance depends OD Frnoce'd acoateecence in iheBassua Eastern pott cv. It ib believed here that Bismarck does not want Alsace and Lorraine, and the English press goes beyond the wishes of the Prussian Gov? ernment. FORCE Ot THE FRENCH .tnMl'. The War Office expects to have, by io-mor row, including troops of the line, National Guard and Gardes Mobiles. 330.060 min, count? ing the forces at Lyons and elsewhere, bat hastily organised and imper?estly armed Troops and artillery arrived yesterday from Mezierea and are encamped on Avenue Im? p?ratrice. Other troops haye lefl for the front. GOLD AND BOND MARKET. NEW YORK, September 13-Evening. Dullness continues; market devoid oi Inter? esting features. Prime discount 79. Rumors and hopes of peace abandoned, stiffened gold 13jal4, and closed very dull. Sixty-twos 12J; sixty-fours lH;'sixty-flveslI?; new 10J; sevens same; eights 1M; forties 6j?. Tennessees 62; new 60?. Louisianas 71; new 64; levees 73; eights 86. Alabamas 101; fives 70; Georgias 83; sevens 8D. North Carolinas 50?; new 29. South Carolinas 80; new 68. LONDON', September 13-Evening. Consols 92j. Bonds 90. THE MAINE ELECTION. PORTLAND, Maine, September 13. One hundred and fifteen towns give Perham 5242 majority, a Republican gain of 168. Lynch, whose district was the only doubtful one, is certainly re-elected. The towns still to be heard from gave last year 1291 Republican majority. BANGOR, Maine, September 13. The Democrats are rejoicing over their first majority in this city. WASHINGTON, September 13. There is still considerable anxiety in Radi? cal circles regarding the result of the election in Maine. There is no new3 since this morn? ing. _ _ G LO RV, IA POLITICS. ATLANTA, September 13. General P. M. B. Young was unanimously nominated for the Forty-first and Forty-sec? ond Congress by the Carterville Democratic Convention to-day. The convention recom? mend the nomination of none but those who are eligible. HEALTH OF NEW ORLEANS. NEW ORLEANS, September 13. Dr. Russell, the secretary of the Board of Health publishes a card in which he says: ,4To business men and others who contempl8.te visiting New Orleans, I would say that from present appearances there is no reason why they cannot come now with as much security as at any time during the year. The rr rtality in this city since July 1st has beeT iss than that of any other city of thc Ur d States in proportion to population. Tl .re is no occasion for the alarming aud ex? aggerated reports which have been circulated concerning the health of our city." OREGON POLITICS. SAN FRANCISCO, September 13. The Oregon Legislature has organized. Democrats fill all the offices. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Revenue to-day only $200,000. The Bienville, from Havana, is at quarantine below New York. The Board of Health report yellow lever aboard. Seven vessels from Cu? ban infected ports are at quarantine. A GOOD BEGINNING. Trie Colored People have had Enough of Radical Lying. BRANCHVILLE, September ll. Oue Thomas B. Pohl was to deliver an ini? tiatory Radical harangue at this place on Sat? urday. But the colored men were not as deep-, ly interested in bim as he seemed to be in them, therefore but lew were present al the meeting. Some that were in town on beiDg aisked if they were not going to hear the speech, replied that they bad heard enough of Radical lying already. The speaking did take place, but not in Branchville nor at the hour appointed, for when the hour for speaking came a few Reformers were present, and it seemed that the speaker did not feel disposed to face them, for up m being called for he tried to ex.mse himself by stating that he would address them somewhere that night, and said that no Reformers should be allowed to be present; that they would report the pro? ceedings to THE NEWS, and they would make political capital out of it; th it they should punch them oat, drive them away. Some one in the crowd cried, "Yes, ehoot 'ein, shoot em." He then proceeded by reading the coummuni cation from this place published in THE NEWS of the 7tb instant. He denounced the writer as an eavesdropper. But alas, it was too true ! he dared not deny it. The meeting broke up to meet again at night. Your correspondent did not attend, but was informed that be did speak. He referred them to his past political career, which I can say was not a very bright one, but did not tell tbem that he bad ex? pressed bis .sentiments to some one not m my hours before that, by saying that be was as good a Democrat at heart as any man in the Slate; that bis desire is to pacify the feelings of animosity that now exists between the two races. But if his Saturday's harangue is a beginning, we would advise him to withdraw from the attempt. There will be a Reform meeting held here on Saturday next for the purpose of or&anizing a F oi'orm Club. May the good work steadily . advui.ee as it has done since the commence? ment of Reform, and the baud ot thieves that now rule our State be driven to their rightful desert. E. POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN OCONEE. ?FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.] WALHALLA, September 10. To-day the Radical party met to nominate candidates for county offices, and the follow? ing were nominated: For the Legislature-C. W. Watermao, (Scott's brother-in-law?) H. Bryce. Jr. For School Commissioner-J. B. Pucket. For Probate Judge-J. B. Sanders. For County Commissioners-B. Callas, H. Hunt, and the other I could not learn. Our colored company has been accepted by our Governor, so I am told by the captain, but arms and ammunition have not yet arrived. They were out drilling yesterday, and made not a fine appearance. Respectable white men, who distinguished themselves on several occasions from the seven days around Richmond up to tbe end of the war. "organized a company and were not accepted. But a company, a great many of whom have boarded at the '"big house'" in Co? lumbia, is accepted. Several of the colored people are dissatisfied with the nominations, and say they will not vote the ticket. Their dissatisfaction arises from one of the nominees for the Legislature, Mr. H. Bryce. They say he has too many offices already. Some of the colored folks had a -'set-to:' to? night on the strength ot the drilling and nomi? nations. One poor fellow had his head shiver? ed with a bottie, or rather both head ano bot? tle were shivered. It was altogether among themselves, who, from the noise they made, had a lively time. We aro told that work will commence on the Blue Ridge Rp.iiroad next week, grading through town. It has been next week for a long time, but may be it will come some time. The engineers are setting the grade stakes. HOPE. THE WAE PROBLEM. WHAT IS THOUGHT OF AMERICAN RECOGNITION. SOISSONS REFUSES TO SURRENDER. THIERS IX LONDON. REPORTED SURRENDER OF METZ. HOPES OF AN ARMISTICE AT AN END. BISMARCK'S INTERVIEW WITH THE EM? PEROR NAPOLEON. THE UNIVERSAL ITALIAN REPUBLIC SICKLES UNDER GUARD. THE CHIMESE PREPARING FOR WAR. J^CrO.V DISPATCHES. The Prussian Advance-Official. WASHINGTON, September 13. The State Department has been officially ad? vised that the Prussian forces yesterday were within twenty-five miles ol Paris. The Value of American Recognition. LONDON, September 13. The Paris correspondent of the Telegraph says that the American recognition of the Re? public is really of but little value. It is regard? ed as a mere expression of good wilL, without material weight in the European system. A Prussian Repulse-Solsson* will not Surrender. LONDON, September 13. On Sunday a Prussian reconnoitering party encountered the French at Chateau Thierry. The Prussians were repulsed with considera? ble loss. The City of Soissons refuses to surrender. Thiers is here, communicating with the Foreign Office at Paris. Up in a Balloon? PAKIS, September 13. Fouville, the celebrated aeronaut, is con? stantly nn the watch in a balloon for the ap. proacii of the Prussians. Other balloons have been prepared, properly anchored, to watch the entire field. Sickles in Danger. MADRID, September 3. Minister Sickles, who has been rusticating occasionally, visits the capital. The coach which he usually uses was halted yesterday and Sickles called for, but he happened not to be within. The government now furnishes a guurd to Sickles. Agitation in Rome. ROME, September 13. Immense posters on the dead walls announce the proclamation of the "Universal Italian Re? public." They are signed by the Republican Revolutionary Committee. Re por tu from London. LONDON, September 13. The eteamship Napoleon l9 transierring French refugees to England. Inquiries are in progress In Paris regarding the distribution of the immense secret service fund under the Emperor. Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain and the Prince of the Asturias are in Belgium. NIGHT DISPATCHES. English Reports. LONDON, September 13. Count Bernstorff, the Prussian Ambassador, has been in consultation with Earl Granville at Wilmar Castle since Saturday; both of them came to London to-day. Thiers and Granville are now-3.30 P. M. consulting at the French Embassy. It Is rumored on the streets that Metz has ( surrendered unconditionally. The Prussian Embassy credits the rumor, but has no official j advices. j Owing to the unsatisfactory mail arrange- ? raents, bills from America are constantly pro? tested. Letter? of advice coming by slower j vessels arrive too late. The Times says that if the terms proposed ! by Thiers are at all reasonable England will back them. China advices received through Russia are 1 unfavorable. The Chinese are preparing for i war. Further outrages have beeu committed J on the missionaries. The ship which was wrecked on the Good- 1 wla Sands ls still unidentified. A letter was seen on the stern. Tobacco casks have been found marked with the letter G in a diamond, and the letter H underneath. Tne vessel was evidently from an American port. LONDON. September 13-Morning. The Post, speaking officially, says: "The neutrals have abandoned all hope of stipend- . ing hostilities. Mr. Bancroft is making uo further efforts towards mediation." Bismarck's official report to the King, dated September 2. describes the iaterview with Na? poleon at Sedan. Napoleon wanted better terms of capitulation than the Germans offer- 1 ed. Bismarck refused to discuss the subject, as it was a military question, but was willing to discuss terms ol peace. Tne Emperor re- j plied that as he was a prlsoner.sach a discussion was impossible, but referred Bismarck to the 1 government at Paris. Bismarck replied that 1 the situation at Paris offered no enticing point ' for peace overtures. The Emperor proposed that the French army should be allowed to pass into Belgium and there surrender. He re- J fused. The Emperor stated that ho deplored j the war. but he had yielded to public opinion Sn declaring war. The Emperor was not al? lowed to see the King until the capitulation ; had oeen completed. : French Repnrts. PARIS, September 13. 1 It ls said that the main body of the Pms- 1 siana reached a point within twenty-five miles '< of Paris yesterday afternoon. PARIS, September 13- Evening. ' The Journal des D?bats has a long editorial 1 exalting the patriotism ot Thiers. Italian Affairs. NEW YOKE, September 13. ; A special dispatch to the Tribune from Flor? ence says: "Cardohua, who is in command of 1 the troops on the Roman frontier, proclaims to ? the Roman people that he brings peace not ! war. '.The independence of the Holy See is invio- , late. "The troops marching towards Rome were received enthusiastically. The garrison of Monteflascone withdrew belore the Italian ad? vance without resistance.'' FLORENCE, September 13. The Italians were enthusiastically welcomed in the Papal States. THE CREAM OF THE WAR LETTERS. Marat Halstead on the Field of Grave lotte. The carnage on the hill where we now stood had been tn the battle of the 17th, (the day be? fore.) in the lullest sense ot the term extraor? dinary. On both sides of the road were rows ol dead, French and Prussians indiscriminately, mingled. The centre and climax of destruction hereabout was the position in which a Prus? sian battery had stood. Here In a space not more than fifteen yards by ten, and perhaps not quite so large, I counted seven dead horses and forty men. Four of the horses were still attached to a caisson, which was open, and contained two-thirds of Its ammuni? tion. Evidently the four horses had fallen at once. The wheel horaes had sunk in their places, instantly killed, for their feet were all under them, and their swollen bodies strained the harness, which marked them by its re? straint with deep creases. About one-fourth of this cluster of dead were Fflench, and the evidence ol the situation was that the French bad shot down the horses and most of the men about a Prussian gun, and made a desperate charge to take lt Whichever way we turned our eyes the plain was dotted with dead horses, and there were swathes ol dead men lying as they had been literally mowed down. We could here, better than from our first position, see the troops engaged. On the right we could observe the lightning-like play ol' fire along tbe edge of a Prussian column as the needle gun came In play. It was at times, for a few seconds, a steady glare. The pierc? ing darts ol'flames when the artillery was at work, were also quite perceptible, and lt be? came apparent that the Prussians were gain? ing ground. The. earth trembled with the thunder of the contest, or seemed to do sa, and yet the noise was not so overwhelming as that at the bombardment at Frederlcksburg, when Burnside's artillery, to the amount of nearly two hundred guns, gave the town a rain o? iron one pleasant December morning; bu; the musketry fire here far surpassed that which I heard at Fredericksburg In sustained severity. At half-past four o'clock there was a violent explosion of musketry on the right, and after it continued a few minutes there was a min? ute in which hardly a shot was fired, and then another amazing roar. Now there was a new fire in the village, and another to the left, and still another on the right The whin's of smoke from bursting bombs above the lines gr^w more frequent, both on the right and left, spotting the dull background first with sparks of fire and then globes of vapor. A little after five o'clock the head of the column ol' rein? forcements we had noticed looming in the west came upon the field. The men had marched hard and were bending under their loads, and going on with that long, springy, slashing step that only soldiers who have sewn service can acquire, which they know so well. The French seemed to be attentive to the com? ing ol this column, and for a time their artil? lery fire was exceptionally rapid. The column of Germans going into action extended from the battle-field to the west as far as we could see, and there the glitter of bayonets at a turn of the road on a ridge declared" they were still coming. If I had not spoken so often of rivers of steel in vain efforts to tell or the co? lossal armies of the Germans in France, I should say this was one. THE CLOSE OF A BLOODY DAT. On the left, Just in the edge ol the smoke, our new army was massed in blocks en ?chelon fashion, and other masses npp-ared to be com? ing out ot the ground, for u wide expanse where I had not noticed soldiers was covered with them. The smoke was spreading, the dust of the column from the west was blown across the fields, and the sun declining, was as a shield of brass-the red, rayless orb of our Indian summer evenings. The Prussian masses went forward into the hazy fleld of battle, and the hoarse shouting of the legions was heard as they advanced. For an hour the army from the west streamed down the road and strode Into the smoke and dust that more and more obstructed the view of the contest, until at last we could see only a cloud, In which were glimpses of ponderous squares and dark lines ol' men, and out of which issued a voice of many thunders. It was necessary to think ol our position for the night, sixteen long miles from Pont-a-Mous son, and all the villages filled with wounded; so we returned lo the old place on the King's hill, and as the shades of evening fell, saw the outlines and prominent features of the en? gagement from the well selected point for safe observation. Here we had the good fortune to meet a German artist, who had noticed and taken an Interest In us at St. Avoid. He was sketching the sunset scene of the battle, and had a roora in Gorza, where we might sleep on the floor, a privilege for which we were duly and truly grateful. This gentleman had heard the mitrailleurs before, and had called our attention to the savage whirr that tells of ils discharge. It would not be inappropriate, I think, to call the noise that it makes Infernal. Once indicated to von and you could not mis? take that noise. 1 Judge from the talk of the Prussians about it, and the stories that are afloat concerning its exploits lu killing whole companies, nnd even cutting down a group ol' thirty officers at a discharge, leaving but three standing, that it ls a deadly weapon, and that lt really lias done such signal execution that those who have to face it are In no slight de? siree annoyed and worried. Everybody had been telling us during the afternoon that the Prussians were winning the battle-that they were carrying all the posi? tions, and sweeping everything before them. Sadowa had been cited as a precedent-this was a bloodier battle than that, and it was to > end the war with France, as Sadowa had ter? minated the conflict with Austria. But as lark ness came on the French were still fight? ing as stoutly as when, seven hours before, we came upon the field. Certainly there was no < panic or rout. There were evidences that the French were being, as they must be, tinder the conditions of this war, slowly driven before the overwhelming Germans; but their line ' was still steady, as far as I could see, and the glitter of the fire of their rifles wa3 ; bright on their front. It is to-day positive ; that they gave up the battle-field wholly j to the Prussians, withdrawing to Mount St. Quentin and vicinity-that ls to say, close to i the outworks of Metz. It ls certain, too, that \ the King and his household stopped last night ? in Rezonvllle, (which, in Itself, tells thatthev won the day and hold the road to Paris,) hav lng nothing to eat for supper, I am told, but black bread and raw pork; and certain, too, that Bismarck has been In Gravelotte to-day, for, being here myself, I saw him, with Phil. Sheridan by his side, riding over the field of battle, having been out to the road whose tall ; trees pillared our battle horizon yesterday, to look at tlte French army, distinctly visible thence, in battle array, under the walis of Metz. But last evening, alter 3 o'plock. on the way to Gorze, as often as we gave atten? tion wc could still hear raging the tempest of musketry, as the chassepj: and needle-gun < crossed their lightnings in the gloom of night? fall. The Sufferers hy the War-Hospital Scenes In Germany. A correspondent of thc London Times-ap? parently a physician-who writes from Spiche ren, gives this account ol' the reverse side ot the medal -of the scenes and sufferings which lollow a battle: "Before (lie headquarters ol the division lie great heaps ol' regimentals and chassepots, and officers anti soldiers are busy seeking out souvenirs to send horne, such as red French caps, braided coats, gnus and chassepot am? munition. The chassepots are tired off before being piled away; and from end to end of the camp there in n ceaseles report oi'salvos anl sin? gle shots. Some ol'o-ir careless fellows wound themselves. T.ie numerous captured tents are reserved fur the march, and the men are set to carrv them on their heads to the rear. Some are at work cutting up the red breeches of the Freddi into strips, and cobbling them into red crosses for the hospitals flags. I saw lust now such an international flag made of red breeches hanging out from the steeple ol the church, which is filled with wounded. "Just now four groups passed me at the crossing of the hamlet roads, bound on diff?r? ant errands: the first cumin? from the woods of the Spich?rberg. consists of peasants of the district; they carry shovels on their shoulders, and are impressed grave diggers, who, alter they are wearied out, are relieved by others. They relate that great heaps of corpses ol'the French yet lie in the woods poisoning the air; also that wounded men are still being carried by them. The number of dead is so great ti seventy bodies are laid in each grave. Fr< columns of these grave diggers pass by me, minding me of the brigades of snow shovelli who clear the roads in winter. "The second apparition which is noticeal is the troop, organized and uniformed, ot t volunteer wounded attendants from Frankfi and Its suburb, Offenbach. These fine felic step out smartly and full of tact in all dir? tions, and give one the impression that th are a hearty and practical corps, up to a ready for their task. What they have broufi with them for the convenience of the wound is all comfortable in the highest degree, a even elegant, while their personal costume quite homely and modest. The third croup a simple military escort of the dead, it mov slowly from the hamlet towards our camp, t drums beating low, mournful notes signal track, and while in the remoter corners of t camp smothered murmurs reach the ear, alo the path a solemn silence settles down up the soldiers as the corpses ol their French co rades are carried to their bed. The foul group consists of a column of prisoners < corted from the woods by a patrol of hussa They halt, apparently startled, as the rou crosses that of the lunera! procession. "V ask the prisoners, some of whom are sllghl wounded, what impression the quick vlei rions advance of the Prussians had made up their army. The unanimous reply was, 'Pb lirez comme des diables, vous courez comme ? li?vres." "We have now to make an evening farew' visit to the wounded. In the school-roou which this morning were overflowing, all ha had their wounds fresh bound. Through ti opened windows a fresh breeze blows in. Tl dead are removed, and all Beem in a refres lng sleep. It is otherwise in the churc French soldiers, operated on and transport ble, bedded on stretchers, form an aveni right and left up the graveyard to the chun porch. In the dusky vestibule we step acre some severely wounded, who continually ere* from out of the corners, and with a part their chaff bedding block the way. The Siste of Mercy find it very hard to resist the entre ties of the many wounded. They will beg f water when they cannot swallow a drop; no they will be laid on this side, now on the otbe now they hope to relieve their pangs by havlj their heads raised, and now they seem to e perience a lightening of their dying agonl as they stretch out their cold, staring, rig! hands, and they seem in that act to close mo: peacefully their eyes In death if permited i enclasp our hands. "In the open doorway of the shed in whi( the chlel operations of the surgeons were pe formed the sick attendants were busily e gaged washing away the pools of blood fro the operation tables and the floor. The ampi tated limbs were thrown together and burle in tbe God's Acre. The surgical operators ha flung aside their black, wax-clothed, lon aprons, and put on their uniforms over the red 6hirts. Peacefully resting from their nervi straining labors, they sat. smoking a quit cigar, sharing their allowance of wine wit their patients in the dark, cool street. As wandered back to the bivouac of my troop ni excited brain was in a confused whirl-wet they realities I had lived through the past tw days, or were they wild visions dreamed arte a late evening's carouse ?" After the Uhlans. A correspondent describes, In the followln; terms, a skirmish of Uhlans and Chasseur d'Afrique, near Jazky: "Suddenly," he saye "we heard a strange sound behind us. Tw< regiments of Chasseurs d'Afrique were ad vanclng in pursuit of the Uhlar.s. They sooi passed by us, raising clouds of dust. Tin ground trembled under their resounding gal lop. We were then witnesses of a thrTnTnf spectacle, an Uhlan hunt. The Chasseur d'Afrique, with their splendid Arab horses divided themselves Into several detach menls to surround the enemy. Their hornes neighing furiously, galloped In pursuit of tin Uhlans, who had Just crossed a plain and dis appeared In the copse-wood. After a lew min utes we saw them reappear on its crest, fol lowed very closely by the Chasseurs d'Afriqiu In the midst of a whirlwind of dust, furrow ed by the lightnings gleaming from theil weapons. While this desperate race wai being run, a few metres from the spot when we were, three Uhlans appeared as If by magli on the plain before us. A Chasseur d'Afrique, posted near there to reconnoitre, hastened tc meet them. When they were within range he lay in the Arab fashion, along the horse's neck, and discharged his piece. He missed his aim, but did not hesitate to engage these throe men hand to hand. The struggle had lasted for two or three minutes, when a detachment of Chasseurs d'Afrique appeared. Two of the Uhlans fled, leaving their comrade grappling with the Chasseur. He had Just fallen into a ditch full of water, and the Uhlan was about to escape, when a staff officer who was with the Cha6seuro d'Afrique seized him and made him prisoner, amid the applause of the terri? fied villagers. The Uhlan was very young, tall and strong, bis hands covered with blood. 'You are three to one, do me no harm,' said he to the ofBcer, who assured him (through me as Interpreter) that he had nothing to fear." The Most Efficient of the French Spies a Woman. A Rustadt correspondent of the Herald writes: "The French spy system in this cam? paign has utterly failed. French officers-like Americans and Englishmen-have an idea that there is something so utterly dl9gracelul to an honorable man In doini: the work of a spy that they will not volunteer for the duty. One or two Swiss and a certain English Jew, not unknown in former days to young men in London who borrowed money at sixty per cent., have done the French Government good work until war was proclaimed. But by far the most efficient agent they have had ls a certain Parisian young lady, of what ls tenderly called the 'half world,' and whose face is a good deal fairer than her fame. This 'young person' bas for some months been attached to the following oi a Prussian officer of rank - an elder? ly gentleman who is amorous, but yet economical by nature. The lady had larger Ideas on the subject of expenditure than her lover, and, as he would not open his purse strings, she tried whether patriotism In the shape of a little mild reporting to an old "friend" on the Emperor's staff would be paid for. The bargain was struck, and the fair la? borer has been found well 'worthy of her hire,' only, like many ot her class, her educa? tion was somewhat neglected In her youth, and the consequences are that it takes not a little trouble to decipher her meaning. I ought, however, to write ol her handiwork in the past tense, for she ha3 lately lett the Prus? sian army, and is now trying her luck at Wies? baden, the only German watering place at which the pleasures ol rowoe et noir et trente six quarante are to be had during the unhappy war. But so long as this young lady remained with her elderly lover she continued to send to Metz the only valuable information they re? ceived of the enemy's movements." Prussian Loises. Tho Berlin correspondent of the Times, writins under dt'e .if August 22, sive: "At leng'h the first official losses in the field b-ve been male public. They only fulfil too completely the melancholy anticipations with which we saw the troop* going out to tbe war. Although restricted to officers, and referring onlv to a lew introductory engagements, they contain figures which will not easily be erased from the minds of men. I will just give you a fent c-x impies. As you may be aware, a Prus? sian regiment on a war footing bas 3000 men, with 09 officers. Of these G9 offi.ers the 74th regiment (Hanoverians) lost no less than 30 in killedjand wounded at Weissenbuig. "The 77Lh (also HauovoriaDS) on the same occasion lost 25 officers; thc 39lli (Rhinelan? der^,) 2G; the 821 (Hessians.) 19: Ihe 95th (Thuringiatis.) 16; tho 83J (Hessians,) 14; the 531 (Westphaliaus ) ll; tho 83oh (Nassauers,) 9; the80:h (H asians,) 8, Still worse was it at Woerth. where tbs Prussians were for five mortal hours opposed to toe French, who were stationed on the Lilla and could not be dis? lodged u-itil taken in dauk bv Wurtemburgers and Bavarians. There the 381? regiment (Po Rfincr.j) Iud 32 deid aud wounded officere; the 59:h (Poseners.J 23; the 7 .h. (King's Grena? diers-Liwer Sdesians and German Posenera,) 35; the 47th (Lower Silesiana,) 29; the 4Sth (Lower Sileslans,) 33; tba 57 h (Lower Siles ian8,) 3D; the Otu ( Westphalians,) 28; the 37?b (W-28tphalians,) 25, ic. What terrible conclusions must be derived from these statisttos in respect of the higher gradee as to the number of casualties among rank aod file I need not say. but the moat frightful carnage of all in the earlier p*rt of the campaign waa at Spicberen, whose steep and precipitous heights, defended by a tearing fire from cannon, mitrailleurs and chacse pots, were thrice assaulted io vain, and at last carried at the ,>oint of the bayonet. On this spot 10,000 Prussians, gradually increased to 27,000, and struggled against 40,000 French. Tbou2b the official list doeH not yet extend to this sanguinary encounter, there can be no doubt as to tbe correctness of the private in? telligence forwarded me. which gives the total losses at 2297, of whom 811 are dead and 1486 wounded. Accordingly, every twelfth man was killed or wounded. Some companies lett nearly half their men on the spot, as, for in? stance, the 5th company of the 48th (Rhine landers.) which went with 250 men into the fire and came ont with 129, and the drat com? pany of the 8th (King's Own, Brandenburgers, ) which, on the evening of the battle, consigned 107 comrades either to the grave or the hos? pital. Passing on to tba tremendous three days' battle near Metz, we have but private in? telligence, and this only referring to individual detachments; jet we know already enongh to imagine the rest. On the 14th, in the action named after Pan pe or Courcelles, the 48th (Rhinelander) lost 3? officers and 891 rank and file; in otberwords, abont one-third of its complement. A rifle battalion in the same locality was by the enemy's fire deprived of 9 olits officers and 270 rank and fi'e-i. e., of a third of the officers and a fourth of the men. On tbe 14-h as well as on the 16tb-the latter being the battle of Mars-la-Touror Vionville - the losses of the Prussians were, comparatively greater than those of the French, tbe former being on both occasions greatly outnumbered, yet holding fast to the enemy with a bull-dog's tenacity, to give their main force time to come np nod engage him in rigbt earnest. AtMars-la Tonr the best blood of the country was spilt like water. Within a few moments, by the unexpected unmasking of a mitrailleur bat? tery. Count Westarp, Count Wcsdelen, Baron Kleist, Henry Vii, Princa or Reusa, Baron Grimm, Baron Witzleben, and many otber noblemen of high rank and position, were killed. The crane finale at Bezonvi!ler or Gravelotte, on tbe 18th, where the Prussian hosts at last assembled in strength, are said to have suffered a loss or 18,0 J0 combatants, was worthy of the beginning. Nor did the French suffer leas. In the three actions near Metz tbey had nearly 15.000 dead, and 40,000 dead, wonnde I, and prisoners, together. POLITICS IX ORAXGEBURG; A RARE AND ROUSING GATHERING. The Coat of th? Trial Justice System. [FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.] ORAXGEBURG, September 12. Sales-day in Orangeburg, on the 5th Instant, was a day of general gathering. Not that there was any property for sale, but lt having been announced that Reform in the Strte, and not funds for tbe sheriff, was demanded, everybody came and brought his friend. The crowd collected In the Courthouse square at about 12 M., and shortly after Col? onel Paul 8. Felder, chairman, Introduced Colonel BenJ. H. Rutledge, of Charleston lame, who, thoroughly master of his subject, enter? tained his audience in a speech of nearly an hour's length. It was listened to with marked attention and great applause. The people were respectful and no attempt was made to interrupt him once. His speech would well deserve to be written. Facts and statistics with which lt were replete should be circula? ted and generally read. His explanation of the origin, system, and operation of taxation and its abuse, and the other subjects calling for reform, was lucid and concise; so plain that the simplest mind In the audience could un? derstand. And I believe lt was generally comprehended, as was his whole speech. And I have no doubt that it will effect good wher? ever one ls allowed to think over it lor him? self. At the close of Colonel .Rutledge's speech, by particular request, one Byass, a colored man, arose. If you ask me who he ls I simply can't tell you. I don't think he-ls any kin io "ByasB' pale ale." Some one asked who he was, and the reply was he was sent on from some Northern State by express, C. 0. D., to ha rangde on this campaign and stir up things "promlskus." Well, imported Byass arose to speak. And in about two minutes and a quarter he had so mixed up taxation and trade, statistics and Scott, Radicalism and rascality, Ring and Re? form, thieving and things generally, that his own grandfather, if he ever had one, would have been surprised. He would have had a swimming In the head, and lost all 'count as to the year when the '"Mayflower" brought over that precious little tea party-for? got what was the current rate of prices of able-bodied field-hands, shortly after that little tea-party went into that "inhuman and diabolical trade of human flesh and blood," and, in fact, would have been disposed to question the location ol Plymouth Rock, the Mayflower herself, and his own identity even. Altogether, our "pale ale" man mystified sun? dry and divers of his blood relatives, (through Ham, ) and having exhausted his hour, with many thanks for Reform courtesy, bowed him? self off the stand. One long, colored individ? ual then begged to be heard. The meeting, amiably disposed, heard him. What he said, I can't Inform you. I have yet to find one who knows. I am decidedly of the opinion, however, that so far from the audience un? derstanding him, lie himself has not the faint? est conception to this hour as to which party. lie was desirions of advocating, or what he wanted personally. Hon. A. P. Aldrich next arose. His sono? rous voice and splendid delivery instantly commanded perfect attention. The Judge had evidently studied the subject with that care and thought which its great vital importance so well demands. He was never happier in any public speech. It was full of thought and pertinent suggestions. But I don't know that, taken as a whole speech, it had the telling ef? fect which his ready repartee and replies had upon this peculiar audience. The leaders of the anti-Reform party here had evidently held back in order to confuse and laugh him off with interruptions, and by putting to him problems or the highest mathematical finish, lhere was no rude interruption; that is, so far as manner goes. But Byass and Saspor tas (egged on by others who- were too puny to talk themselves) plied the Judge with question upon question at the close of every other sentence, (In this way Byass got a full hour more,) each of which was an? swered and solved by the speaker with the most perfect good humor, grace and success. He never failed in one single reply to satisfy the crowd and silence the questioner for that , time, or turn the laugh on him. His effort was a decided bit. I have heard of colored men since who spoke as though be had solved many doubts, and satisfied them of things of which , they knew not before. At the close of Judge Aldrich's speech, the chairman adjourned the meeting, and immediately thereupon the ex- ! citable voting man Myers jumped on the stand (he is the lad, I informed you, swore he would aol vote for General Butler) and harangued such of the crowd as remained. I did not hear his remarks. Being in the ;open air, one was at liberty to leave when one pleased, with? out disturbing the congregation. I left. I learn he was excited. The next I heard of bim he waa "sidling," not running, "sidling" rapidly from the uland; calling loudly for pro? tection, and leaving his new hat behind. This remarkable denouement was caused by some imprudent man ia the crowd drawing a pistol, and objecting to another Imprudent, man giv? ing the lie direct, (having first knocked down 2d imprudent man therefor.) So I hear-didn't see lt-only saw the rush off. and know that ..2d imprudent" indicted "1st imprudent" for assault and battery. Great expectations ha 1 ? been entertained that Mr. Thomson H. Cooke would address the meettag. It waa said he was pining for the opportunity. I He is a candidate for the Leg? islature, iii which respectable body, without funds, he hopes he can better secure his elec? tion for the vacancy on ihe bench. He re? ceived five votes at the last session-enough to encourage vast hopes.) But though he took extensive notes of the Judge's speech, and was urged to reply, he said noth? ing. His pining had been too much tor his health, and his friends' expectations were dis? appointed. He didn't come np to time. His enthusiastic lrieads say they had a right to ex? pect that one who wanted to be judge would certainly meet and demolish one who only bad been a judge, particularly when the latter had been removed for doing*his dutv merely. It was a great mistake. And on dit, 'the Radi? cals say that lo-morrowrs nomination wii. leave him out He will be obliged to stump on his merits alone. Pity ! because he was a strong Democrat in 1868-that ls to say, he stumped lor that pirty. However, he can fall back on his trial jvstlce bench, if he can't snc ceed Judge Carpenter. Scott rc ill keep him Inr (if Scott oe elected, which God forbid,) for his sympathyalone. Apropos of trial justices' courts. Do the people known what an unmitigated nuisance and oppression these courts, created and foster? ed by Scott, are ? Do they generally know that they are paying taxes to support offices which ought not to exist, and which are grind? ing them down with the fees and costs which are made to attach ? In the good old days a magistrate received $1 for the ?rial of each case; this covered the trial if It lasted a week. The present lee bill gives him for trial $3. The intention (though not expressed in so many words) was that this, in analogy to the old law, embraced all the expenses Incident to each trial. This point Ilearnlrom one of the law-makers was de? bated in the Legislature, and was so under? stood. Now, In the trial Justices' court, each trial will average for the court alone from $8 to $10 at least, without counting sheriff and clerk's costs. BnMn addition to these charges, for binding over witnesses, prosecutors and defendants to their own courts-which they do here il the party be arrested and tried at once, and which being part of the trial and incident to it, ls covered by $3-they put in a charge of $10 In each case as a solicitors fee. It seems In this county the Importance* of the office demands that each trial Justice - have a solicitor. How many solicitors exist here I can't tell. They are "voluminous." I saw one bill of fifty dollars, solicitors' fee for prosecuting five trial Justices'cases, handed in for payment to the county commissioners. Well, they didn't pay that bill. But that's the way. If these courts go on, the expense to the county will be four or five thousand dollars for their support. "What good they do I can't find out. What ls saved in the Sessions by remov? ing small cases is more than made up In th est? courts. Old magistrates did Just as well, and cheaper. -- . But I set out to tell yon about the meeting. I only run off on this as one of the nuisances growing out of the corruption under which we live, and calling for reform. I suppose it was legitimate to amide to it In connection with a meeting whose object waa to expose the ex? penses, taxation and general rascality of the present administration. We look for tue 3 udge, enthuslastleally, oo? the 19th. The whole county, man, woman and child, will be here. NOMINATION OF BON. C. W. DUDLEY. FLORENCE, S. C., September 101 - To the Eon. C. W. Dudley : MT DEAR SIR-A convention ot the Union Beform party of the First Congressional Dis? trict of South. Carolina was held this day, at this place. On motion of Dr. J. E. Byrd, of TimmonB ville, Captain S. W. Evans, of Chesterfield, was called to the' chair, add Mr. J. J. Lucas, of. Darlington, requested to act as secretary. A resolution was agreed to dedaring it ex? pedient and desirable that a nomination should be made, and you were unanimously selected as the Union Beform candidate, to represent the district in the Congress of the United States. Tour acceptance of this nomination, and earnest co-operation in the canvas's, will be appreciated by the people. Yours, very truly, J. JONATHAN LUCAS", Secretary of Convention. BENNETTSTTLLE, S. C., September 12. Major J. Jonathan Lucas : DEAR SIR-I have received and have before me your esteemed favor, communicating the action of the convention bald at Florence on the 10th ult., for the purpose of nominating a suitable person to represent the First Con? gressional District in the Congress of the Unit? ed States. For the honor that has been con? ferred upon my poor aame I am profoundly grateful, as well as for the courteous terms Lu which you, as the organ of the convention, have been pleased to communicate the iatelll - gence. At a time like the present, and under the circumstances by which we are surround' ed, I may bo permltteijlo dispense with any mere ceremony ol words and come directly to the point, by announcing promptly and frank? ly that I accept this nomination for weal or for woe, and shall endeavor to deserve the gener? ous confidence which Inspired the action of the convention. For the present, it will be enough to say that I hail this event as a complete vindication of my countrymen, from the slanders that have been so industriously circulated against them ever since the close of the war. If re? bellion and Eu-Klux outrages are to be dread? ed here, as threatening the public peace, the world has now before it the strange anomaly of sucha people selecting for their repre? sentative In Congress one whose whole life - has been devoted to the Union! With Carpenter, Butler, Kennedy and other distinguished gen? tlemen already before the public, proclaiming in behalf of the people of South Carolina that, they accept in good faith the inexorable logic of events, they have summoned to the field In the same cause one who must entirely mis? represent them If they are enemies to the peace of the country and the integrity of the Union. The people of South Carolina may have lost their fortunes-their proud and noble spirits may be bowed down under the mountain pres? sure of adverse circumstances-but I claim for them, and they have demonstrated, that their sense of honor has never been Impaired, and that they have done enough to satisfy all but Radical office-holders, who are now sucking the life-blood of this State, that they may be trust? ed implicitly with the best interests of the na? tion. I claim for them the management and control of their own internal affairs, and insist that the time has now come when no stranger should, without invitation, usurp a place at their firesides. This is not a proper place to enter upon the discussion of the various topics now before the public mind, and I will,therefore, only add that, whilst enjoying the honor of this nomi? nation, I shall endeavor to unite in a proper spirit the responsibilities which lt imposes. I have the honor to be, my dear sir, your friend and obedient servant, C. W. DUDLEY. ABOUT FLIES -We n>d the following in au exchange, cit is not.new, but miy nevertheless be int* resting to those who did not know it before : The naturalist recognizes many hun? dred kinds of flies in this country; bat in om* household economy we reduco them mainly to three sorts-housmg-flie3, biting flies, and blue-bottle or blow-flies. The latter is readily distinguished; the two former are frequently confounded, altho.igU easily known apart by the naturalist or an acute observer. They may, however, always be identified at a glance by the position they assume on a wall. A com? mon house-iiy almost invariably rests with bia bead downward, and however it m ty light, works ita way round until thia direction ie as? sumed. The bitiug flies, on the contrary, as universally rest with the head pointing up? ward, acting in this respect precisely Mea tba equally bloodth.rstv mosqaito. The brother of an eminent Bussiau entomologist, nov re? siding in the United States, cb3erved a peasant in his own countrv killing some of the flieo on a wad of bia hut" without disturbing others; and, on being questioned, he gave as a reason that those with the heads np were "biters," and the others were not. A careful examina? tion of the facts by the entomoloenet himaell proved the accuracy of the generalis ition tbna made by an ignorant bat observant man. JJOMOOPATHIC REMEDIES, A FULL ASSORTMENT just received by DB, H. BAER, 'alys No 131 Meeting street..