The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-19

Berlin; and although cannot affirm that 1t is
infallibly correct, ! have reason for believing
that il is not very far out OF the way, / may
add that the Information was not sent for po-
litical effect at all. but was transmitted from q
medical man in Berlin, connected with the
medical service OF the army, to a fellow-sur-,
geon In London. The statements as follows,
Killed, prisoners and missing. Wounded.
Wissenourg. urg..................t.4; 4;26o !,lI4
Reichshofren en....................11,0Ss 14,516
Eorba:h and spichern. 1871 2soao
Gravelotte, Mars.la.Tour and
ReZonYille. ................ .28.049 $1,000
Total. l..................."7s,eo ,eo5 s7,o5o
To this awful total OF 40, 655 killed, captur-
ed, missing and wounded, must be added the
losses suffered by the army through disease,
and the killed and wounded in the numberless
sklrmlshes and little fights that have occurred.
The army has suffered from dysentery ever
since the invasion commenced, and my infor:
nant believes that to the above total shouldb be
added at least 10000 or. $4,000 for those who
have died of this and other diseases, or who
are now lying sick Ia the hospitals. This
makes, In round numbers, I80, 900 men to be
deducted from the German force which march.
ed into France. If this force was 500, 600 men,
1t is now reduced to $4,000 plus the reinforce
ments that have arrived during the last eight
days On the other side are Bazaine, with
llQ, 600, Mcmahon with 100000. anc the new
army raised OF Lyoks and the South, Of which
we were Informed el Saturday, OF zoo. 600 men
lin all on, 900 men.
Bismarck on the Prospect OF German
Unity.
A correspondent at Rheims, on the 9Th, de-
scribes O conversation with Bismarck, who be-
gan by expressing high regard for General
Sheridan. and gratitude to the United States
for their sympathy with Germany. To re-
mark concerning the prospect OF German
unity, Bismarck. replied that there was no
stronger friend of unity than himself, but care
was required In accomplishing the work.
South Germany having fought by our Side, her
wishes must be considered. Her inollnations
the consent of those States to join us. In Ba-
peria it seems impossible to agree on any form
OF union, even among those who favor union.
At Baden thugs look better. No doubt. there
IS an opening.
News of the French Republic had just been
received, Oh 'which Bismarck said: We Shall
not interfere with their domestic affairs. To
suggestion that there must ,be some settlcG
governmentlto give Prussia secure guaran-
tee for the payment of the war expenses and
indemnify, Bismarck replied enly by repeat
ing: We do not want TO Interfere with the
domestic affairs of France. Cur people think
took FROM us many years ago. We must at
least. render France powerless to menace us
by,Lhe same road. Metz and Strasoourg we
must have and we ask no more than Is neees-
i.sary to our own safety We are Dery patent
would not fight they would compel us. Well,
we are like the father OF family, who, after
enduring many insults, at last consents to fight
a duel, but only on condition that the strus-
gle shall be decisive a9d shall be fna
Bazaine's Fighting at Metz.
Mr.. Halstead, OF the Cincinnati Commercial,
in his last letter from Ponta-MOusson, speak
Ing of the fight with Bazaine west OF Metz,
has the following comments: No one mere
knew anything about the battle except through
King williams dispatch. That tells the truth
as he saw 1t, but | do not agree with him that
the French were completely defeated" IN the
strong sense Of that term. Bazaine was mol
completely defeated, as Mcmahon was and as
Frossard was. He was not put to route. He could
not have had more than $50, 900 men to begin
with. while the Prussians had at least ?7O,-
600. have good authority for the state
ment that the Prussians had 100000
men on the field at Grayelotte. Now, when
Bazalne, with his inferior force. was only
beaten back eight or nine miles In three days,
and kept his army in order, inficting immense
losses upon his enemy, he cannot be said to De
completely defeated But we will not dwell
upori that toe long; for the object OF the Prus-
SLAMS, next to the annihilation OF the trencR
army, was to place themselves firmly between
it and Paris, and that they dd IL must pe hd
ninety or one hundred thousand efectlves,
nffer The series of battles terminating on the
18th. pIyes employment In the neigh6orhood
of Metz to the armies OF Steinmetz and PrlEce
Frederick Charles who outnumoer MIN more
than two to one, he Is doing his country S0od
service.
The PrussIan Spy System.
A war correspondent Of the New York TIL
bune writes: suppose that, all things con-
sldered, one ought not to be TOO hard upon
Snies Charles Harth, who was shot the other
dav in the courtyard of the Military School,
co1fassed himself spy when taken, and never
reallv denied IL atterward; and there are facts
enongh TO prove that King William has studied
we'll In old Fredericks book, who said tnat
the French had one spy and twenty COOKS,
| while he had one cook and twenty spies. for
| # Is plain that the Prnsslan system OF espion-
aoe has been long reduced to great: :perlecton.
Far several years Prussians have been resld-
| inc nnder one pretext or another, IN all the
ho1der towns and villages, making them
selves thoroughly acquainted WIN tne topog-
| raphy, studying military positions, ntlng tneil
mans and memories with the roads, lanes ana
fnof-naths. and also making themselves
fou,,'iar with the means and resources OF the
inhabitants. Clerks in contingencies, ser
vants in inns. men in breweries, students VINO
nassau the summer in wandering over the hills
sSetchlnc the scenery, companies OF scientific
men with hammers and baskets. bent on geolo-
.rical nicnics all these are recognized To-day IN
! fhe persons Of Prussian oflcers enteElng tne
French border towns and villages at the head
of scouting parties or with victorious troops.
# 10 said and see no reason to doubt it, that
one Prussian general has visited, during the
Last year ali the towns and villages likely TO
he attacked in case Of war, in the disguise OF
an old begrar match-seller. Another story Is
of a Prussian officer, who, disguised as
French admiral, visited one OF The forts near
paris was received with all the honors, shown
oVer ali the works, and in parting made q
sneech full of patriotic sentiments to the SOL
diers, which was received with great applause.
The cheat was not discovered until some days
afterward, when one OF the officers happened
to mention the matter to the Minister OF
Marine In another case the Prussian spy was
NOT as successful. Dressed as French oinceT,
he visited tent a. some generafs mead
quarters and dined with his brother ~ on-
GERS. Something excited susplclon-he was
arrested. tried, and shot. Tie Prusslans 90
not however. rely entirely on SPECS lor ln-
formation-they get It in every way.
The Siege of strasbourg-Horrors OF
The Bomba rdm ent-Seene in the