The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-09-03

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| renewed. : - IS :;
BERLIN, September 2.-The following
is from the King to the Queenn:
| SEDAN, September l-3 p. MA
battle has ragged since half-past o'clock
this morning. Our forces have advanced
VIGOROUSLY. The fourth, fifth and
seventh corps, and the Bayarians engag-
ed the enemy and almost entirely drove
them to the CITY,"
| The French are at LaGhappelle.
| LONDON, September 30 A. NJ
Paris dispatches, this morning, claim
that the Prussians were repulsed in an
attack upon McMahon after ten hours
sharp fighting. The Prussians attacked
the French from front and rear. Tho
French took thirty guns and many priso-
ners. The Prussians are reported to
have been driven towards Belgium.
Another despatch says tho Prussians were
victorious but it is not generally known.
SEDAN, September 2.--Thc battle
and soldiers of the French army we're
forced into Belgium, where they were
required to instantly surrender their
arms. Great numbers of wounded were
admitted into Belgium for humanitv's
sake.
BRUSSELS, September 2.-The French
that were disarmed in Belgium were sent
to camp at Beverloo
PARIS, September 2.-General Ulrich,
commanding Strasburg, says the fortress
can and will hold out.
The Notifications Of Paris are mined
with powder, and should matters reach
the worst, can be exploded ut moments
notice.
The Prussans lost heavily from sick
ness caused by privations.
Positive news received state that
McMahon and Bazaine communicate.
Shorpshooters, with custom house
officers, crossed the Rhine a few miles
below Strasburg and captured five large
boats containing valuable property.
The journals all published letters
corroborating French successes, but the
Prusslans are SO numerous that the bat
ties must be resumed on vast scale.
Both received heavy reinforcemcnts.
1t is asserted that the King of Prussia
It is reported that large French
army, under General Deouxy, entered
Baden.
1t is stated thai non n-combatants were
enabled to leave Strasburg by recently
discovered subterranean passages
Calais aud st. Pierre will be put in q
state of defence
LONDON, September "A despatch
from n private source, dated Wednesday,
says after fighting all day Thursday,
Bazaine was again driven to Metz. Both
lost heavily The Emperor's death is
reported. No particulars.
The London journals are sadly per-
picked by the late war dispatches. They
say the encounter yesterday in rear Of
Sedan, seem to have favored the French,
but this nor nothing else will prevent
the Prussiaus going to Paris. Wn. IT.
Russell writes that last week nothing
could have prevented the Prussians from
going to Paris, but now their entrance
there is hardly possible. The urgency
OF the Prnssians to advance on Paris is
attributed to the anxiety to get there be-
fore the new rifled cannon are mounted,
which are now concentrating from the
fleets. Experts regard these guns as
murderous. The French Emperor, at
tended by Ulaton and other eminent
surgeons, is with Marshal McNIahor.
The French troops who engaged the
Prussians Mt Altigny, were ereinforcements
Marshal McMahon, and were conveyed
by rail from Paris to Rethcl, and marched
thence to Montmedy. Notwithstanding
these troops were fresh, they were routed
by the Prussians.
PARIS, September 2.-Palikao, in the
Corps to-day. declared himself without
official news from McNIahon or Bazaine.
He had no communications to make. At
the Bonrse and in all circles, fears are
expressed that the French are outnum-
bered, but ndvices via Belgium represent
McA1ahon as successful and Bnzaine fully
supplied with provisions.
STUTTGART, September 2--Bnron
Narmbiller, Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
has resigned, and is succeeded by Count
Foutn.
The Conference of Bishops, which has
just closed. resolved never to submit to
tho infallibilty dogma.
The faculty at Tribargne and Wurtem-
burg are in accord with the Bishops.
CLEEMoNT, September 2.-It is stated
that the Frenchmen taken with arms, in
order to secure the privileges as prison
ers of war, must prove that they belong
ed to military organization, otherwise
they will be subject to drum head
court martial, and if convicted, serve
not less than twelve years at hard labor.
Munich is enthuscu with intense de.