The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-19

strona discourse in honor Of the United States,
ossertine that the Empire was the friend OF
me Southern rebellion, and that the Republi-
cana of France favored the Union. Price.
American Consul, also made speech, sympa-
thizing with the new government.
French Accounts,
TOURS, September II.
The following news is promulgated through
the office of the French Secretary OF the IN
terror: All service Of the Northern Railway
is snsueuded. The ,.Prussians have fred into
nassinr trains at Aslop and burned the depot.
they have crossed the Seine with fifty cannon.
prssian cavalry now Isolate scissors from
Paris and Tours.
4.dispatch fron the sub-prefect at Mulhause
announces that the enemy have occupied that
,ewn and Cernay, and seem TO be seeking q
new route to Paris.
II is reported that the advance guard OF the
puss,ans have been defeated between Null
haase and Cebmar.
Demonstrations have been made in Bor-
deaux in favor OF the Republic. The Amert-
can Consul was loudly cheered.
The French Fleet.
LONDON, September IL.
Accounts from the French fleet say that the
sailors express much satisfaction at the pros
pect of the raising Of the blockade and their
return to some point where active service will
he possible. When the feet. left Cherbourg,
the Minister of Marine made to Admiral Will
lianruz positive promise that not alone
should several iron-clad ships follow him at
brief intervals, out, what was Of the first I'm
portance, that the fieet transports would
speedilyjoin him, conveying force of thirty
or fort7 thousand troops ter land operations.
The promise has been 'broken in both
instances, and the fleet left TO its own
unaIded resources, which have been barely
sufficient to maintain the blockade Of the
enemy,s ports. Much Of the service is tedi-
GUS and unsatisfactory. Our SITUATION Is In
dangerous waters, abounding In hidden reefs
and shadows. No friendly lights to give warn
Ing In the night, no baoys to serve as marks
for guide by day, while We are compelled con-
stantly to guard against surprises by the enc
my, with small means for retaliation. We are
forbidden to attack fortresses, and could not
do so with the slightest prospect OF success as
the heavy iron-clads draw from twenty-three
to tWenty-elght feet of water, with the excep-
ton of the Roehambean, which combines
formidable armament with comparatively
small draueht. But little can be done with
single ship; we might attack and XII, but to
what purpose! The forts commanding the
entrance are situated so high that 1t would
he almost impossible to elevate the guns
sufficiently to eir.ct anything while the
shIps would be exposed to destructive
downward fire, escaping which they would
encounter more formidable obstacles in the
hav. which is filed with torpedoes and made
untayorable by the sinking Of vessels connect
cd with chain cables, leaving only narrow
md tortuous channel through which only the
smaller crafts manage to pick their way.
Under such circumstances, it would be mad
ness to attempt to penetrate far enough to
lombard the town by a tew wooden men-of-
war. It would have been piece Of senseless
temerty, and probably resulting in another
German triumph. Hence the complete and
disastrous failure of the French feet In the
hour Of danger. Notwithstanding the heavy
cost to the country, there should have been no
feet here, or one four times as powerful.
The Siege Of Strasbourg.
PARIS, September II.
General Uric telegraphs to the War De-
partment that the situation OF the city Of stras.
bourg is growing desperate, necessitatlng an
COLOGNE, September II.
The Gazette Of this city, to-day, gives the
following statistics Of particulars There are
now before Strasbourg Is batteries, m ortars
and rifled cannon; these fire collectively more
than seventy thousand shots into the city daily
The Gazette shows the immense expense of
besieging Paris, and that FIVE times the amount
of the above resources must be exhausted.
The Movement against Rome.
ROME, September II.
The inhabitants Of the city have received
fac Of truce from General Cadorna, in co m
mand Of the Italian troops, who have arrived
very close TO the city. The truce was received By
the people with great demonstrations Of favor,
and they will moi permit the Papal zouaves to
resist the entry of the italian troops,
FLORENCE, September II.
The Italians are quietly but rapidly occupy
ing the pontiscal Territory. General Rance
ler. couuanier-in-chief Of tine Pontifcal
forces, refused to surrender Rome.
Bismarck After Belgium.
IoSpoS, September II.
tt;ssnid that Bismarck hgs asked an ex-
n,anatjop from the Belgian Government for
having allowed 12 O0o French soldiers to cross
her terr;.o-v upc.eckel. The independence
Beige in this connection, says it fears Belgium
has ALREADY leaned too sharply to Prussia.
s1tscellaneous War Items.
LONDON, September II.
One hundred and 6f.y casks Of nap.ha have
been nicked no off the English coast. No par
ticulars.
All but the ultra Catholic press in Spaia are
deliebted with th, e:ll Of the Popss temporal
power.
Tho Crown P. ince of Prussia has addressed
q circular to the German people, urglng the
creation Of fund for the sick and wounded.
The commandaat of the fortress OF Laoa has
been e1onerated of the charges OF blowing up
the citadel. The work was done BY the guard