The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-22
W4R MAIL IND CIBLE.

Florence Nightingale, although dangerously
III ut Antwerp, writes letter giving directions
tor the conduct OF army nurses in the present
campaign.
quiry about an advance on Rome: 1.-The day
that there will be some chance OF success you
will receive orders"
The EIbing Steamship Company have handed
over their whole fleet Of steamers to the nava!
authorities at Dantzic Five OF their ships
have been found serviceable for purposes oil
The trains passing from Belgium into Prus-
sin are now unloadcd at the frontier. as the
lines are mined on The Belgian side. and It Is
feared that violent shock might cause an ex-
plosion.
tracted at Toulon for the supply Of million
litres of wine for the troops. One house at
BeZiers and another at Narbonne are TO de-
liver, within fortnight, 100000 litres at Cher
bourg and 400, 900 at Brest.
Kr1pp's new Prussan cannon to oppose the
mittraileur, Is said to consist OF small Two
barrelled cannon, throwing shot at prodigl-
Gus distance with an accuracy equallinS even
that of the famous rifle guns first used in the
Italian war of 1859 By the French.
Among the contributions that nave 0een al
ready sent to the Prussian treasury for patrio-
tic purposes are three large gold medals WIN
the bust OF the Emperor Of the French, Whlch
were awarded as prizes at the lndustrlai EA-
hihjtion of Paris. The value Of each is about
5000 francs.
German navigation to England and America
having been interrupted by the war, the Aus.
trian government have established line OF
screws between Trieste, London, Liverpool
and Southampton. The Austrian consuls In
Germany have been instructed to direct the
attention OF the mercantile classes to the
facilities offered by this route. ,
AN Englishman, writing from Saarbrucken,
on ,July s, SAYS: ~ can't help reiterating that
in all the shooting there has yet been, the
Prussians have had ont and out the best OF 1t.
Nothing could be worse than the chassepot at
short ranges. We gee the Frenchmen splitting
on their cartridges. sticking thelr 1nTers INTO
tIeir runs, and giving every possible sign that
after d tcw shots the clla:sepot seIs so !oui
that they don't know how to treat II.
nlnin disor~aniZ .liOn of all the habltual condl-
lions of life which follows o universal armlnS
nj thr nation. must suffer more from long
U.or than France. From this fact, and the
,npat r eneruy of the military operations, 1t Is
Relieved 10 be the policy Of Bismarck to make
thr war "short. sharp and decisive" meaning
thereby not four years, nor even lour montns,
bnt. lil"ins from the Austrian precedent, less
than four weeks. The present war, however,
is likely 10 be yet little longer.
According to a German paper. the French
troops carry but one eagle in each regiment.
II Is stated that in September last the French
Minister of War issued regulation directing
the standards OF the second, third and fourth
battalions OF the regiments to be plain, bear
inc neither the national cOlors nor the num-
ber of the regiment, nor any inscription what
ever. The object Of this regulation is to pre-
vent the flags, in case OF capture. from being
used as trophies. On the other hand it Is as.
serted that in the German regiments ever
battalion carries such a standard as can oe u
use as a sign in the field.