The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-17
NO AUSTRIAN MEDIATION.
Reports from Washington.

Though transmitted by authority OF the gov
ernment we have not been able to verify it,
and it is given to the public under reserve by
the Minister of the Interior.
The Bishop of Luxembourg and several
clergymen have gone to Metz to comfort the
dying. ~
LoNDoE, August l6.
Two hundred Uhlans appeared before Toul.
Shots were exchanged, and the Prussians de-
manded the surrender Of the town. Receiving
defiant refusal, they retired.
Strasbourg is not invested. The French
still occupy Bitsche. tits again asserted that
the Prusslans hold Mulhaus and Besancon.
Extracts from the French official bulletins
state that the Prussians are not in force before
Strasbourg, and Bltsche still holds out
The bridges at Teigerhem and Basle were
destroyed by the enemy.
Pruss!an dispatches to the Prussian Minister
here are full of triumphs, and express the
greatest confidence in the early result of the
war.
English experiments with the mitr ailleur
indicate that they are destructive at close
quarters, but troops holding them may be an
initiated before they come in range.
The Times sympathizes strongly with Prns-
sia, and rejoices in Prussia's successes.
Reports from Paris.
PARIS, August l6.
The Preiect of the Meuse telegraphs to the
Minister of the Interior that Uhlans ere seen
in the neighborhood of Commercy, marching
towards Bar LIE Due. The prefect cut the rail-
ways In that section to impede the progress Of
the enemy.
The French Journals complain OF the brevity
OF the dispatches from the seat Of war. Even
the Constitutional, semi-oflcial, says the in
formation is not precise regarding the posi-
ton OF either army.
The Journal .Oficiel declares Cherbourg,
Brest, LOrent and Rochfort in a state of
siege.
The French left two dispatch boats in the
Tiber on evacuating Rome.
No Austrian ;iediation.
vIEN,.A, August l6.
Baron Won Beust denies anY attempt on his
part to mediate between Fran ce and Prussia.
The Stormine of Metz mot Conf rmed.
WASHINGTON, August lG.
The State Department has NO dispatches re-
gardlng the storming Of Metz.
The Battle at Metz-Prussinn Account.
BERLIN, August l6
The following additional particulars Of the
fight were received late last night:
Late on Monday afternoon the first and
seventh army corps vigorously attacked the
French forces under the walls Of Metz. a san
culinary conflict ensued. The French were
finally driven within the city. The French loss
is four thousand. On the same day a grand re-
connoissance, led by King William, maintained
itself for some hours within two lines Of the
French defences, from which, without effort,
part of the French were dislodged. The
facts show the utter decentralization Of the
French"
Another Version.
LONDON, August l6.
The Daily News (sensational) has dispatch
from the Continent that the French have
driven the entire Prussian line. The Telegraph
has an editorial arguing Prussan disasters.
The Times money article says IA French victory
is necessary to predispose the Emperor to
treat for peace.
The Telegraph's Paris correspondent writes
that the French Chambers are unworthy Of
public respect. We're the members not elect
ed by fraud and coercion they might be trust
ell as committee Of public safety.
The Prince Imperial is certainly in Paris.
Blockading Operations.
The British Consul at Hamburg telegraphs
that the mouths of the rivers Elbe, Eyder,
Jahde and Weser are blockaded by the French
fleet. The Governor of the Island OF Heliga-
land has refused to grant pilot permission to
conduct flag of truce boat to Cuxhaven.
King Williams Proclamation.
The King of Prussia has issued proclama-
tlon at ST. Avoid. in which lie declares mill
tary conscription abolished in all French ter
rltory occupied by German troops. He also
announces that though the French Govern
ment should persist in the forcible expulsion
of Germans from France, no measures of re-
taliation will be adopted by him, as it would
be unfair to punish men who belong to coun-
try cursed with Bonaparte for its sovereign.
He adds, .'Frenchmen in Germany need not
be uneasy. They shall, in common with all
mankind, be c. /. inced that Germany moves
at the head of civilization
Awaiting the Issue.
LONDON, August l6.
The Saturday Review retrains from specula-
ton on the war, because, it says, q few days
must determine the fate of France and the
Emperor. Probably the army will take mat
ters in its own hands, choose leader. and
fight cut the war.
Too Quick on the Trigger.
PARIS, August l6.
Count Palikao has Issued an address to the
troops, in which he blames them for firing too
quick at Weissenburg. He says they used
more ammunition in one day than the Prus-
slams would in three days. The marshal re-
minds the soldiers that they are now on
grand line of defence from Thonville to Metz
and Nancy, and they must hold their ground.
Back of that is the line Of the Meuse then the
Argones, then the line of rivers illustrated by