The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-26
THE UNITY OF GERMANY.
4 SPEECH FROM KING WiLLiaM,
At VERSAILLES.
Activity OF the Fre:scis Arlnies-Faid-
..er,,e and the Army of the Nort!-3Ie
Claims victory-Ducrot "Jp IN g
BaIloonr-Reroit ia Rheims, Sr.' &C.


| delivered in reply TO the address OF the deputa-
tion received by him ut Versailles, on the ls'h
Gent,en,en-Receiv!ng you here on foreign terri
! tory. ar distant from tile German frontier, am
prom,atcl tu express my graft udc TO thdt frovl.
| ,lence whose wonderful dispensai!on has brought
| rs together in Ibis aucicnt royal residence
| cod has given us victories which we hardy
| dared IL ask or to hoTe for. When last summer
| askel your support In this great war, you gave
me that support to 9 rs IN dcSt tSa. cStG G nc armv and
! t,e naliup The victorious armies among Which
you have sorght me have ieunu, III SacllnclLis
| shirt OF cUuntry. eaconra cement ana snpPorS
| amid battles and privationS. Tile means votcu
| Ior Iha continuance Of the war by the Diet nave
| rivrn new proJf that the nation Is determined
| TO exert al its enerlcs The political lc ol UT
| many will develop itself all The more. because tlc
basis offered the South German allles !S thsir own
hone these States yet to be consolidated will
rollpw the same path. The summons alIrcsscu
me by the King OF Bavaria, to reestahlsh me
| imperial dignity Of the ancient German Eliipire'
| have deanly novel me- and not my own leelnS',
not even my own judgment, have determined my
| decision. A.. c,o-,,,o,,
Only on the unanimous Voice OF the German al
Princes, free cities AMI German nation. can re-
| coyn,Ze the call of Providence, which can oacy
with Gods Blessing. The King Of Gavirla mas
| Informed mo that the assent OF all the German
| Princes and free cities has been secur.u ana
| official ratification will shorty follow.
| The rainful sacrifices which we are undergoing,
| and which touch my heart as yours, VIII MOI us
! in vain. We Will not lay aslHe our arms untll
G"-nlany'5 frontier mas notuiHS 10 I'LL ii'i'i
rne North German Dict has been called unon to
co.0.,e.ate in the work OF the unifcItion Oh der-
MANY IthanS II for itS almost unanimous assent
to the treaties giving organic expression 10 i!ic
| unity OF the na.lci.
| yya- -NcIys--Satur;iay's Noon Dispatches
BORDEAUX. December %.
| Frpu, 20
dav. Ducrct to- K many hundred prisoners The
| general sltua, II is moro enc suraglng lof the
| French. The on.occupation Of Tours, and the
| retreat of the PruSSan forces towards Orleans,
are said to be the result OF the s!rdtegieal move
ment Of Chausey and BourbaEi.
Eouen has been almost entirely evacuated hy
the Pruss;ans There were only fifteen hundred
German soldiers there yesterday. Minteuilcl un-
donbtedy moved his forces for the puraosc OF
cpposin: the march OF the French army OF Gene
raj Faidherbc.
BORDEAUX, December ~.
In an Official dispatch te!egraahed from Lille, on
the night of the I'D, General Faidherbe announces
to the Minister OF War that his army engaged the
enemy at Pons Noyele that daT. The rattle.
which las ell from eleven In the forenoon until SIX
In the evening was for the greater portion OF The
time, an artillery duel, which finally terminated
by n charge OF the French infantry alang the
whole lire The enemy were driven back, ami
the Freach troops remained masters o: the Gcld
Advices from Paris to the night Of the ODD harc
been received by a balloon which landed near
N,its. There was No engagement on that day,
Thursday but a general battle was regarded as
lmmircnt The Journals estimate the losses o! the
French In the conbats OF the LIST at about 500
killed and wounded, and speak in glowing terms
OF the grea5 courage AMI order displayed by the
National Guard.
CnERBoURG, December 3D.
A thousand n,an fully equipped, left for the field
today. Arms and equipments arrive In large
quantities. Tie blockade OF HGra'ur has been
ordered.
LONDON, December 81.
The announcement yesterday from French
sources that two divisions OF the army Of the
Loire had effected q junction, appears 20 DC With
out foundation.
The most satisfactory eclipse observations We're
taken throughout England.
SATURDAY, NIGHI'S DISP 4TCHES.
LONDON, December "a.
The Prussians have left Dieppe, but are en-
canned near by In heavy force. Two French
iron.clsds are stationed OF the port. Late dis
patches from Amiens report Manteuncl near that
CITY, where battle is probable. II IL aSa!u re.
ported that Ducrot left Paris in q ba!oon, OH the
17th, to take command OF an army corps in the
field.
1t Is said the government a. Paris will send
Theirs as its representative, to the London coll
ference 1t is reported also that the French Gov
ernment has requested the English Government
to obtain egIess from Paris for its representative
Brussels dispatch says General Fadherbc is
being surrounded by the Pruss!ans. Tho Pfus-
SLAMS have occupied scissors and S!ssore
A Versailles dispatch, dated the @2l, says
great battle occurred between the unite armies
OF Duke Of Mecklenburs and Frederick Charles
and those Of General Chansey, near Bourlaise
The French were defeated and retrcated toward
Alencon. The truthrulness of the report is
doubted.
Six thousand Saxons have been sent to sublue
the people of Rheims, who have risen against the
Pruss;an commander.
BORDEAUX, December 2+
uavre Is now so strongly fortified that there are
no fears OF attack. All the works about HaVre
are fully manned. Several war vessels are an
chorcd before the city. Cherbourg is also regard.
ed imprcgnahlc to any fo'ce the enemy can bring
against it. The fori1ca ions on the land side are
completed, and, as Al Havre, frgatcs are station
ell in the roads
BERLIN, December q.
Bismarck's circular to the representatives Of
North Germany says the French oa!cers aro
breaking paroles not to serve during the present
war, and that the French Government sanctions
these proceedings. Perenptory measures are TO
be taken to check It. Herr Cunphausen an.
nounced in the Prussian Climbers that no deficit
was probable IN the finances for the years 1870
aid 1871.
THE SUMNER GRANT SQUABELE.