The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-08-23

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capital so that it can stand siege. No
effort to maintain public confidence by
manipulated dispatches can be success.
rul while such signs Of French disasters
and of impending dangers excite and
alarm an imperiled and indignans popu-
lace. e =
The mere fact that Paris is sufficiently
endangered to justify the extraordinary
preparations made for its defence speaks
volumes to nation which knows that its
citadel can only be jeopardized when
everything, save honor, is lost. The
uneasiness caused by these preparations
will be intensified with each Prussian
advance, and whom the story of French
humiliation becomes known, and when
it becomes even more unpalatable and
moro threatening than it is now, it will
be strange, indeed, if there is not II
terrific outburst of tho wrath of On in
dignant people. Olivier can congratu-
late himself upon the success of his
effort to avert the dangers which
threaten all obnoxious leaders, but other
objects of popular hatred may not be
equally fortunate.
THE FRENCH EAGLES. to
German paper, the French troops carry
but one eagle in each regiment. It is
stated that in September last tho French
Minister of War issued q regulation di-
recting tho standards of the second, third
and fourth battalions of the regiments to
be plain, bearing neither the national
colors nor tho number of the regiment,
nor any inscription whatever. The OBJ
ject of this regulation is to prevent the
flags, in case of capture, from being used
as trophies. On the other hand, it is as
serted that in the German regiments
every battalion carries such standard
as can be of use as sign in tho field.
The MISCHIEF MAKER is edifying
to SEQ how entirely Spain has sunk out of
sight since she succeeded in getting
France and Prussia by their ears. If
anything could add to the disgust which
the present war must create, it is that n
power so impotent that she has scarcely
been able in two years, even by the did
Of unheard-of crueltles, to suppress
small insurrection in Cuba, and so imbe-
cile that she cannot prevail upon any one
to accept her crown, has succeeded in
playing the part of malicious monkey
in n powder magazine, and dropped
coal into the combustibles of Europe,
which has set the continent in blaze.
a LONG OR SHORT WAR?-It is believed
that Prussia, owing to the complete dis
organization of all the habitual condi-
tions of life which follows q universal
arming of the nation, must suffer more
from long war than France. From this
fact, and the great energy of the military
operations, it is believed to be the policy
of Bismarck to make the war .'short,
sharp and decisive" meaning thereby
not four years, nor even four months,
but, judging from the Austrian prcce-
dent. less than four weeks. The present
war, however. is likely to be yet little
longer.
1t will help the reader to understand
military operations in France, to remem-
Der that the Prussian forces consist of an
army of the North, under Gen. Stein
metz, comprising the seventh, eighth,
ninth and tenth corps; an army of the
Centre, under Prince Frederick Charles,
comprising the second, third, fourth and
twelfth corps. and an army of the South,
under the Grown Prince Frederick Will
liam, comprising the fifth corps, the
guards and tho South Germans.
PLENTY OF WonK''1N PARIS There is II
smaller number of idlers and loafers in
Paris at the present crisis than there has
been since 1915. All the stragglcrs arc
being looked after and put to work on
the Notifications. The gay Parisans
have been asking for some such scnsa-
tion for long time, and now they have
it, and they ought to be happy.
piece entitled "Marching on Paris"
is now performed at n leading theatre in
Berlin. The first act represents "Peacc
and quiet" the second ''Thc people rise
and the struggle begins;" the third "The
passage of the Rhine" and the fourth
ION to Paris" with songs and ballet
dancing.
CAUGHT AGAIN. The Ring Organ
printed letter from an Abbeville cor
respondent, giving an account Of an al
legged murder in the vicinity of Lowndes-
vile, by one Aieck Pressly, white, upon
colored man, and winding up with
nravnr for tho return of tho nnns tnlnln. .,,