The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-24

along the line. Paris is virtually in state Of
siege. 1t is generally conceded that the issue
Of the campaign will be decided under our
walls. If we are able to hold out for week
and we are able, against an enemy destitute
of material for carrying on a siege-all France
will come to suecor the capital"
-. Additional kilograms.
The Northern papers print the following dis
| patches in addition to those already published
| in The NEws:' - Ii - -
| THE DEFENCE OF. PARIs-woNDERFUL ENERGY
OF TRocHu.
/ It; .@e.;, NEW YoRx, August 20. = i
The following Is special to the Courier desa
Etats Unis:
| -, stPARIs, August l9-EVening.
.stDispatches from Marshal Bazaine and the
| confirmation of our success, brought daily by
officers arriving from the army, have reassured
the most tImid: To-day we no longer hope
for success, but we are certain that we shall
obtain The Beurse Itself, go sensihge anu
SO selfish, shares the general feeling. Rentes'
are quoted at g. francs rs centimes. z
] await, before forming any definite. opinion
Of operations, news from Chalons. That is the
knotty point Of The situation. -
/ The army lust organized By General Trochu
numbers 250,000 men, of whom one-third are
regular troops, the remaining tWo-thirds are.
| been carefully drilled and disciplined, and,
/ stimulated by the example Of the veteran sol.
tiiers operating with them,r VIII Certainly
accomplish wonders. :. -,
AT present, General Trschu is organizing an u,
army for the defence OF the capital. The task
collected during the last three days $4,000 Of
the National Guard and Of the fremen OF the
suburbs. who know very little about the hand.
ling of arms. Meanwhile the corps are being
formed. experience Is working its lessons and
everybody Is at his post; aud If the enemy
comes he will meet with warm reception be.
fore he gets to Paris, between the Seine ,tN1 ana
itself, where Is being formed an, entrenched-
camp, already occupied by one division Of the
regular army The appearance OF Paris at this
time might well remind me of the barricades
Of the day after the, insurrection OF June, 1913.
The National Guard and troops en- route ior
the front are encamped in the streets In the
places. and In the public gardens. Aids-de-
camp and bearers ofdispatches pass In oil dlrec-
| tions. The people of Paris. grouped at their
| points on the exterior and Interior bonlevards,
| discuss the news with animation. The head
quarters OF General Troclu ore at the Elysees,
and, as once before under Cayaignac, the fate
of Paris is entirely In the hands OF her military
/
| this time. He Is reported to be at Rheims,
where also Is the Prince Imperial. ?.
Yesterday General Trochu called meeting.
| at the Elysees Of all general officers charged
with important commands. To them he gave
instructions. They were rigid so far as they
relate to the enemy's spies, VINO increase III
numbers hereabouts.
Any such taken will be'tried by court-martial
within twenty-four hours. The woods OF Bou-
| logne and yincennes are to be sacrificed. The
trees will be made into abattis, 10 hinder ap-:
proaches to the lortiicatons. The Parisans
| do not relish this measure, but 1t is said 10 be
absolutely necessary. Beyond preparations
! for the defence Of Paris, there is nothing i'm
nortant to mention. Bazatne continues his
retreat successfully, infalcting upon the enemy
| enormous losses. am told that since sunday
there have been more than. $4,000 Killed and:
wounded on both sides.
CONSIDERATION IN PAnrs-ANGEn OF THE
| PEOPLE. =
PARIS, August 20.
The utmost CONSERVATION prevailed In this
! city this afternoon. The first Intelligence oil
| the defeat and entrapment ol Bazaine 8 army
! was made known. The scenes that followed
on the Boulevard beggars description: An
immense crowd of people surrounded the
| Chambers with loud expressions OF anger. The;
| hopeful statements OF the ministers, especially
| Pal.kao's assertion that. the concentratlon
of the French armies had been effected, and
dispatches received purportins to have oeen
BaHaine's were openly charged 10 naFe oeen
concocted in Paris.
CONSOLATION IN ADVERSELY.
PARIS, August 90.
The Constitutional OF to-day says: Our
reyerses at first surprised and frightened us:
We started for victory too relianty. We have
received q hard lesson. We have found the
enemy more powerful than we expected, and
ourselves not ready, as we were taught to be-
lipve The evil Is not without q remedy. we
were mistaken at first, but we snail use all our
means now, under the painful experience we
I haze realized, to assemble our forces and re-
pair our faults. Ifany consolation be possible
in our reyerses, it Is thought Of how great o
peril our brave and impetuolls army would
have run had we invaded. Where would we
have been ii the battles In the Vosges had been
fought near Coblentz or Mayence? We
near our sources. We are on the defensive,
but we are on our own ground. Could the
man who directs the Prusslan army have i0re-
seen that we were ready TO repair our errors,
and 80 determined TO repel invasion, he would
have awaited, and the Prllssian army were
less compromised"
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THURSDAYS BATTLE.
PoyT-A-MoussoN, VIA LUXEMBOURG,
| August TO-
| 4 SDecal TO Lu6 NEW IOIh WOIlu StyS.
witnessed the battle. The Prussians won at n
fearful cost, the mitrailleurs doing terrible
work. Four villages and the battle-felds still
strewn with the dead. Metz Is surrounded,
and it looks as If preparations were being
made by the Prussians for Siege.
"General Sheridan, from the Kings head
quarters, witnessed the battle. The King re-
turned here last night, and the Crown Prince
visited him to-day, coming from direction
which indicates that his forces are not far
from Bar lie Due. The Prusslans are building
a railway from Remilley to this point The
French General Latour was wounded and
taken prisoner In the last battle. While pass
inc through that place, the citizens crowded
around hiIn with tears In their eyes and kissed
his hands. There are rumors Of peace nego-
tiatons. caused, perhaps, by the Queens mes
senger appearing at headquarters"
WAR MATTERS IN THE LEGISLATIVE CORPS.
| PARIS, August 81.
In the Corps Legislatif yesterday, Deputies
Gambetta and Picard called the attention OF
the government to the necessity of speedily
completing the armament OF the Garde Nation
| nile nI Paris. GARNER Pages also complained
OF the delay in naming competent officers for
the Garde.
Cheveall, Minister of the Interior, said that he
| could give most satisfactory replies To the sug
| rrstlu.,s of members. On the 18th inst. there
were but "a, 900 men enrolled III the Garde,
now there were 81, 900, and In few days there
would be 81. .00O CheVean also gave other LX-
plantations OF the preparations for the defence
of Paris, which were received with great satis-