The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-21

PARIS, DeCemDeT II.
Official adyices have been received. The
city Is calm and the people are confident There
| is food for long time. The army and people are
eager for fight The government has dispatches
from Gambetta to the 18th Instant.
The Situation In Paris.
| LONDON, December II.
The news from Paris up to the 18th is that fresh
meat, eggs, fish and poultry are gone, but the sup
My OF horse meat will last two months, of bread,
| wine and cheese four months, and OF salt meat
and salt fish two months. General Trochu has
taken possession OF all food and wines, and the
population is now supplied by the military. The
comm.ssarlat is the same as the soldiers. The
surrender of the city Is unthought OF. The re-
verses at Orleans have not disturbed the equanlm.
ity of General Palladines. Every Partisan is arm
ed, and the city can hold out three months longer
without great suffering. The mortality IS large,
but not enough to create alarm. There are no cpl.
denies, and no deaths from starvation or want.
The outside works have been pushed forward,
which has compelled the enlargement Of the line
OF investment, and consequently has made the
enemy weaker in the field. From the works the
marlsmen command the roads formerly out of
range. The German positions have been enor
mously streng .henel, but they feel scarcity Of
men.
The German accounts OF the recent sorties
evade the truth General Ducrot was entirely
successful, as far as he went He held the penin-
suiar of ST. Maur against the German attempts to
recover it, and retired voluntarily after ascertain
ing the failure Of Palladlnes. Ducrot is confident
he could have gone through the line OF Invest
ment II Palladines had been successful. The Ger.
man leaders are uneasy on account OF their line
being weakened, and fear the success Of massed
sortic
LONDON December II.
Date, from Paris Of the nth instant, state that
the sorie by Ducrot was satisfactory, and has
demonstrated where the Germans are weak. Du-
crot Ia confident Of his ability to break through
the German lines at the proper moment. The &c.
,ie army In the field is In good health and spirits,
and is well fed and 2oo,o 900 strong. Preparations
are making for another sortie on larger scale.
Some Of the theatres have been reopencd, as 1t Is
believed the per ormances viii have beneficial
effect, and besides will relieve the monotony OF the
ordinary round OF daily life. Goods are plentiful,
street cabs are numerous, so their horses, at any
rsie, have not been eaten.
Delay In the Bombnriment of Paris.
VERSAILLES, December ii.
The delay in the oombarlment OF Paris was
caused partly by quarrel between Generals Blu
menthal AMI Won Room. The latter wished to use
the army horses to bring up the guns, while the
former insisted 1t was impossible to spare them.
Won Room finally yielded, and four thousand
horses are now coming from Germany to drag
the siege guns from the railway terminus. The
condition OF the roads is fearful. Food is very
scarce in the German camps, and some troops
have been without meat for three days.
The Rising I'm France.
BORDEAUX, December 10.
Brittany Is greatly excited. The people are oil
taking up arms. Troops going forward nearly
close the roads 10 the public
The Neutral Conference.
LONDON, December 20.
Berlin special says the conference Of the
representatives Of neutral powers have agreed to
the following peace basis: First, acqulescence in
the annexation Of Luxe nbourg; second, recogni-
ton OF the German Empire; third, indemnity
from France to Germany OF twelve hundred MIL
lions Of francs the razing OF TWO fortresses on the
German frontier and the cession OF portion Of
Alsace.
Prospects Of the Great Siege.
LONDON December 90.
The Telegraph has special from Brussels say
ing that the late heavy calls for landwehr denotes
weakness In the beslegng force, and its opera.
tlons are more defensive than offensive. One or
Two sorties like that Of last night and the siege Of
Paris will be raised.
A dispatch from Frankfort says month is re-
uuired before bombardment is possible. The
German guns before Paris are worthless for such
purpose, while Versailles itself is nearly within
range Of the French guns. Later advices from
Paris say therehas been no lghting around Inc
city since the first OF December.
BERLIN, December 20.
The Cross Gazette reiterates that the difficulties
in transporting material and heavy guns will
soon be overcome, and tpa: further action re-
rard!ng the bombardmentof Paris will be guided
altogether by military considerations.
Prussian Movements.
BORDEAUX, December 10.
THE government has announced that the enemy
has discontinued the advance upon HaVre. The
Prussans 81 900 strong, with eleven batteries, at.
tackled Nuts and captured j. after five hours
fight and heavy loss. 1t is expected the battle
Will be resumed to-day.
The Prussans attacked General Chansey and
were easily repulsed The enemy falls back as
Bourbaki advances. The French re-occuped Vi
enzon. Prince william Of Baden was wounded in
the capture OF Nuts.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Another Prussian Victory-Capture Of
Six Thousand Frenchmen--Thc Bonn
bart,ment Hourly Expected.
LONDON, December 20.
General Werder captured six thor "and
French at Nuts and pursued them southward.
The French force was ten thousand strong, and
were, defeated on Monday at Persley and Fon-
tenell.
BRrssELs December 20.
The government declines 10 publish Bismarck's
note cr the reply thereto until the repJ reaches
King William.
NEW ioEK December 20.
The Worlds special from London says their
correspondent from Versailles writes that the
hombard.nent o. Paris is hourly expected.
FROM WASHITGTON