The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-12
ALL QUIET AT METZ.
OF YOUNG LOUIS,
THE "INTISIBLE PRINCE"
THE NEW FRENCH MINISTRY.
THE CORPS AND THE M T7oNAL
OFFENCE.
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS.
Details Of Saturdays Battle.

The Journal Off1ciel has advices from Metz
to 4:3o yesterday evening. Details ofthe bat
tie of Frosschweiller are still meagre. Mar
shal Mcmahon had his horse killed under him.
A brigade of cavalry Of the reserve. corps and
one division Of the corps Of General Failly ar
rived on the field at the close Of the day and
covered the retreat The pursuit OF the enemy
was vigorous at FIRST, but soon became mere
reconnaissance. Mcmahon, after being twen-
ty-fye hours in the saddle, passed the day at
Saverne which was abandoned on Sunday and
occupied by the Prussians Some of their ad-
vance pickets came up with our rear guard.
but were driven back without much difficulty.
Prussian News from the Front.
LONDON, August II.
Advices from the Prussian front to ten
o'clock Wednesday night, state that the French
army was falling back to the line of the Mo-
sele, harassed by the Prlssian cavalry,
which had already passed Saar Union, Faul-
ouemont and Les Etanges Stores Of all kinds
and railway trains had fallen into the hands ol
the Prussians They had taken the small for
| tress of Hutzelstein In the Tosges, which the
French had evacuated, leaving guns and pro-
visions.
[Saar Union, Faulquemont and Les Etanges
lie between Hageuau and Metz, from which
place Les Etanges is less than ten miles dis
tant.]
The Corps LcgIslatif and the Public De-
fence-Announceme of New Minis.
try.
PARIS August TO-
In the Corps Legislatif, to-day, the credit Of
four million francs for the families Of the No
bile Garde was increased to twenty-five mil
lions. Cremleu1 submitted q proposition that
commercial contracts falling due between the
present date and the 3Oth Of August be pro-
lon1ed for one month. Jules Brame protested
against the measure, and Gre mieuX and Jules
Simon insisted upon Its necessity, saying that
to defend the country the public mind must be
free of care. The project was voted. Circula-
tion around the hall outside was by this time
stopped by the crowd, and several detach-
nlents of troops surrounded the building.
The masses, however, were not disorderly.
The project of law for national defence was
adopted unanimously amid prolonged ap-
plause. In the excitement, voice was heard
cxclaiming: snow let Prussia look us in the
lace'
Count Palikao announced a new ministry,
and read the names as follows: Count Palikao,
Minister of War; LaTour D'Auvergne, Foreign
Affairs; Henry Cherrean, Interior; Grandper-
ret, Justice; DeGenoullly, Marine Pierre
Nagne, Finances; Jerome David, Public
Works; Jules Brame, instruction Clement
Duvernois, Commerce; 'Billaud, President OF
the Council Of State.
Only six votes were cast against censure
OF Olivier's ministry.
Reports from Pnris-Flight ofthe Prince
Imperial from Metz Denied.
PARIS, August II.
There is great activity at Cherbourg.
a dispatch from Metz says the Prince I'm
perial is still there, where the Emperor will
certainly make stand.
The Prince de Joinville and Due C'Aumale
are at Welsbaden. The Count de Paris is in
England.
Admiral Rodnicier de Noury will command
the Partisan defences with eight thousand
navy cannoniers
The left wing Of the army is at Saverne.
The Radical journals Reveie and Rappel
have been suppressed.
The last official act Of De Grammont was
signing the Belgian neutrality treaty.
Feeble attempts to proclaim the Republic at
Marseilles and Toulouse were easily sup
pressed.
1t is feared that the Bois de Bolosne must
be sacrificed to the defence OF Paris
Reports from London-The Presence OF
the Prince in London again Asserted.
LONDON, August II.
The Pail Mall Gazette reafirms the presence
Of the Prince Imperial, and the Imperial jew
els in London.
Telegrams from Metz give assurance that
Bazaine is the real commander-in-chief OF the
French army. Two corps are now at Metz
The others are under Mcmahon.
At the battle OF Wourth the French charged
the PrussIans eleven times. Mcmahon was
fifteen hours in the saddle without food, and
fell from his horse tainting into ditch, but
was accidentally discovered, and recovered
sufficiently to direct the retreat OF his shatter-
ed army on foot. There was no horse left.
The City Council Of Brussels have voted
thanks to England for asserting Belgian neu-
trall'y. The leading houses at Antwerp de-
cline to transact business.
Earl Derby, in a public speech, strongly
urged non-interVention.
A half million sterling is coming from Bonn
bay. The Bank OF England has reduced the
rate OF interest TO 50 per cent.
War Legislation.
PARIS, August II.
The Senate adopted the project Of law tend
ing to arming the nation. In the Corps Legis-
lati: there were very stormy tunults. which
interrupted business. The president, worn
out with the toll of the proceedings, ceased
efforts 10 maintain orier, aid the meeting
slowly dispersed.
The Recent Money Seizure In Paris.
LONDON, August s.
The 100000 francs seized by the police OF
Paris, last week, belonged to Ro:hschilds,
Haset, Raphael, Rischofsheia, and other Jew
| :sh bankers. 1t IS asserted that the seizure
was suggested by the authorities ofthe Bank
ofFrance. The fnaEcal circles Of Europe are
| much iucensed at wnat is deemed great out
| rage on some Of their members.
An Alarm for Rome.
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