The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-10-15
COLUMBIA, S. c..
Saturday Morning. October 10, 1870.
The War in Europe.

provinces to destroy French recruits,
but cannot find any. All France is
substantially completely ut their mercy.
except Paris, and they have cut off one
OF its water supplies, surrounded it and
placed their siege guns in position. The
next move will be Grain of fire and
shell upon the devoted capital" Meat
is scarce within the walls, and Parisians
will have melancholy chance TO feed
upon horses, Us their philosophers have
tried to tempt the rest Of tho world to
do for some years past. It is thought
that Paris can now hold out ninety days,
but the 1st Of January, 1871, we pre-
dict, will find it in the possession Of
King William. The nineteenth century
will never witness France as tirst-rate
power again. The fatuity of Louis Ma
poleon has built up united Germany
and left France conquered vassul.
Prussia and England are quarrcling
over on alleged violation of neutrality
on the port of the latter. The matter is
represented as serious, and indeed we
must believe 80 if we may Judge from
Count Barnstoff's reply to Lord Gran
vile. The Prussian Minister accuses
Graaville of being OH all sides of the
question Mt once, and intimntes very
Broadly that England is endeavoring to
disguise her sympathy with France
under bare-footcd and deceptive assnr-
Hnces of her friendship for Prussia. He
quotes some very damaging prcccdents,
and the public will doubtless whit with
anxiety to see now the English Minister
will smooth the matter over. a special
to the New York Tribune. from Paris,
October 3, snys:
"The occurrences which have taken
place here within few days are Of the
samo class as have previously charac
terized the siege. The sailors who man
the forts con6ne their services exclusive
iy to firing off cannon. Meanwhile po-
sition has been lost. and two sorties,
consisting of troops and armed peasants,
have been driven back. The National
Guards .lo duty on the ramparts, drill in
the streets, offer crowns to the statue of
the city of Strasburg, display their uni
forms, and announce that they have
made a compact with death. Behind
their rife-pits, their troops. their crowd
of armed peasants aud their ramparts,
the Parisians boast what they will do,
and rely on everything except their own
valor. One day they pin their hopes
upon tho army of the Loire; another
day on some mechanical or chemical
contrivance; another, on dissensons
among Prussian generals; another, on
the Intervention of Russia or Austria.
Meantime minor clubs denounce the
General Club; orators make absurd
speeches.; tue Mayor changes tho names
of streets, and inscribes 'Libartc,' 'Ega-
lite, 'Fraternite, on the public build
ings; journals of all political shades are.
with only one CT two exceptions, filed
with lies and bombast, and the people
believe the one and admire the other:
the Minister Of the Interior placartls the
walls with idle proclamations; arrests of
Bonapartists constantly occur; innocent
individuals are mobbed rs Prussian spies:
and the only genuine prisoners are
French soldiers on their way to be shot
for cowardicc. Nothing is really done
toward forcing the Prussians to raise
the siege, although the defenders exceed
IN number the beSlegers.'
RAISING THE TERRIBLE
TORPEDO ACCIDENT. T.--Intelliyence has
just been received of another dreadful
torpedo accident that occurred yesterday
at Cuxhavcn, by which several more va
luahle lives have been lost. 1t appears
that the steamer Nencnfclde had return
cd from the mouth Of the Elbc with Il
considerable number of torpedoes on
board, which she had been sent out to
remove and convey to the military depot
at CuXhaven. Before she had time TO
land them, several officers of the Land
wehr, belonging to the coast defence di
vision, camo on board to inspect them.
and, probably, incautonsly handled
them, for they exploded with u tremen.
dous crash, and the vessel was literally
blown to pieces, and SINK in *hoal water
the funnel alone indicating the position
of the wreck. The captain ana fonr of
the crew were killed on the spot, us were,
also the four officers who came on board
to examine these dangerous engines of
war, which have caused more injury TO
the Germans ut Brcmerhavcp, Klcl, and
now ut CnXhavcn. than to The enemy;
though it IS but fair to suppose that II
KNOWLEDGE Of their buinu nl,cn,1 nnf