The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-11-26

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/ The German newspapers thus relate
the e@HaaRpa,ssI' il ;Hhieh the last and secret
comIngnioations Of Paris with the South
and Notth IL. France were cut of. The
! search after these 81 imysterious wires had
givenaa great deal Of trouble to the
frusaians, without leading to any result.
It happened, however, that during this
time the 0onnE Ven Bismarck, General
Won Moltke, and the Grown Prince of
Prussiae each received several letters in q
feminine handwriting, begging of them
to set at liberty the husband of the lady
author Of this correspondence, and who
was kept epHisoner ky4ha French at Mon
tereau. In exchange for this favor che
promised to reveal % them an important
secret. AS offers Of this kind, and q
great many others, analogous to it, were
made to the above-named personages by
hundreds seyery day, they took no ac-
count OF the letters we have just referred
10. But on the morning of the 28th of
September, the visit was announced to
Count Bismarck of young lady, who
urgently requested permission to speak
to him. He ordered her to come in.
She then explained to the Count, that
the letters addressed to him we're in her
handwriting; that her husband, q Jew.
and Hungarian by birth, Joseph Lau-
Ter, BY name. had, as q naturalized
FFenchman, been employed in the gene
raj management OF railways at Paris in
the capacity of engineer, and that before
the Investment of the capital he had been
specially employed in constructing the
underground telegraph between Paris
and A!otfs, as Well as that between Paris
and Rohen.l n. T'i'; ..,i
After having completed his under
taxing, hehad been sent to Montereau,
In Order to superintend the service, and
70 make eome repairs there; and he had
received trQma General Trochu o letter,
apparently containing recommendations
TO authorities Of that town; but when he
arrived there, twas announced to him,
thaf IN consequence of his German ORR
g1n-he was born at Presburg-the au-
shoritiss we're going to place him nnder
surveiiiance for some time. A few days
afeerward, the Mayor gave him to under
stand that three mines had been CON
structed along the line of railway near
Montereau, with the view of blowing up
the Prussian troops if they arrived by
train, and that he must connect the
mines, one with another, by an electric
battery. "My husband" continued the
lady. ''refused to do that, pointing out
that his mission was to superintend the
existing wires. and not lay down new
ones. Thereupon he was ill-treated, cast
into prison, and no doubt is now in
danger of DEATH"
After the lady had sufficiently proved
her Identity, Count Bismarck had q con-
versation with Baron Won Moltke, and
three hours later, small expedition,
consisting OF squadron of hussars, set
ont for Montereau, and the most extra
ordinary precautions were taken. In
the evening the troops arrived in the
town, which was nstonished st the occur
renee. The Mayor, who was still more
astounded, was arrested, and the Hun
garian engineer liberated from his pri-
son. The mines already referred to
were discovered and destroyed, and
under the direction OF Lauzer, the Prus-
slams likewise found in the bed of the
Seine. iu four different directions, the
mysterious telegraphio communications
witt. the capital.
The aurora borealis was recently visi-
bic in England, and excited great as
tonlshment among the more intelligent
classes Of the population. A traveller
who happened to be in Leicestershire at
the tipe found the inhabitants of GER
tain village gazing intently at the pho
nOmauon Ono of tLooa Choarvo., oo;,1