The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-26

that there mlgnC De no mistake, great Dlack-
board was put up to inform the public that
board on the garden side facing the Champs
Elysees. And similarly all the foreign en-
basses have their flags flying. Every for
eign resident In Paris hangs out the flag Of
his nation. The number OF flags with stars
and stripes that meet one In every street gives
vivid idea of the regard In which the
French capital Is held by Americans. The
English flags are much fewer. 1t Is supposed
thai all houses covered with such flags will be
respected by both belllgerents. The red cross
flags of the Society for the Wounded are also
very frequent. Ifany one sets up private
ambulance in his house-that Is, allots one or
Gwo beds to the wounded-he may hang out
the red cross flag. Among all the flags the
American Is the favorite, and Mr.. Washburne
is, perhaps, the most popular man in Paris.
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO BURN THE WOODS.
Desperate attempts were made. neverthe-
less, to burn the woods, but so much rain had
recently fallen and the trees were still so
green and full of sap that no quantity Of petro-
feum would coax them to blaze and consume.
They gave out plenty of smoke, which dritted
over abundantly Into the city when the wind
blew from the southwest; but there was no
conflagration. went up on the heights Of
Montmartre to see it; but nothing could
be discovered beyond the blazing barns and
hayricks, set on fire to prevent them from
faliin. into the hands of the Prussians
Here, then, the woods remain. and here, too
are the PrussIans In them. Here the enemy
have concealed themselves In the daytime:
and hence they have emerged at night and
early dawn-resting twelve hours or more,
then making forced marches of two or three
days, always methodlcally but resolutely. All
those clusters of trees which form the woods
and copses called after Notre Dame and Saint
Nron Dni oil
once vast Forest of Bondy have been thus
occupied by Prussians. They advanced along
the Orleans road to Savigny, where they cat
the lines. They found the ford between Albion
and Athis, and, as the Seine Is now low, they
soon crossed 1t, with water up to their waists.
Immediately they proceeded to construct
pontoon bridge at Juylsy, where ihe 1i railway a
Vitry. BY this movement they avoided the
bridge at Joinvllle-le-Pont, which had been
blown up at the approach of their Uhlans,
From this point they rapidly gained Bols dc
Ferrieres and Meudon, and presently Ver-
saIllcs, wherein the old palace Of the Kings OF
France. In the ancient "huntlng-boX'' OF LOUIS
XIII Messieurs the Uhlans rested their
has been lost by them ii getting to work.
THE DISORDERS IN PARIS.
PARIS. September 90.
Attacks on the government continue, anu
are. II possible, more bitter now that we are
all shut up together. Some Of the Red organs
1.-THE Reyel, for instance) insist that there shall
be no peace on any terMs; that the war must
90 on at all hazards until victory Is won.
These same people insist upon clean sweeps
being made in all the public Offices so that the
whole administrative body employed under
the Empire, rank and fli' as well as heads OF
departments, shall give place 10 new men.
How Is government possible under such con-
| ditions?
It is OF the last Importance that the govern.
ment should make peace, and here are set ol
men who declare. that they shall not make
peace on any terms, who reproach the minis.
ters bitterly for entertaining The question o.
peace, and yet these very men begin to CRY
| out for an equal division OF food among us
and would embarrass the government with
! disturbances. If anything goes wrong, these
are the people who are to be feared. The gov.
ernment are doing their very best, but the Red
men are getting louder and louder each day in
their dissatisfaction. They threaten seriously
| 10 hamper the government, and 1T may be tina,
before long Paris may regard the incoming O
| the Prussians as lesser evil than their supre
macy.
PROVISIONS IN THE CITY.
We are doing well enough about provision!
and supplies. The government fixes the price
of meat which Is chaper, dare say. than ir
New York. 1t ls not yet more than 20 cents pei
pound. There is no scarcity Of animal food,
and the supply of bread Is unlimited. For wine
| the Prllssians outside may envy us. The city
seems unusually healthy; even smallpox has
4 disappeared, or, at least, we hear nothing OF
| it. The people forget to be i'll in the midst OF
\ war.
WAITING FOR FAvRE.
We are waiting in no little excitement the
| return Of Fayre from the Prussian headquar
ters; but those well informed have slight hopes
of his success.
THE FIGHT on MONDAY.
Another correspondent writes on Tuesday
The fight OF yesterday at Chatlllon was any
thing but satisfactory. 1t appears that origi
nally General Trochu, having reviewed bis
forces, determined to defend Paris without the
help of an army outside. He made up bis
line of forts, when suddenly came Ducrot
from Sedan, in the slise of q peasant. Here
was general lit to be trusted with command
outside OF Paris Ducrot should have an army
OF Sc, 900 men to defend certain heights.
They came to E!: Yesterday, and the most
important incide If lhe day was the flight OF
the zou ives without firing shot, They ran
into Paris amid eXecralions and hoolinga.
They haTe been arrested In great numbers,
and it is proposed to shoot them. or at least to
make good example of them in the Champs
de Mara The young Mobilete did better. They
stood their ground but the result of all is that
the army Of Ducrot has returned behind the
forts, ard General Trochu falls back upon his
original idea OF defending Paris by itself
WHAT Is GOING ON At LYONS.
LONDON, September %.
The report Of the insurrection at Lyons
oo,;not tb,. Paris ooyprnmant is NOT rrle A