The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-11-01

pitulation; ,eg Metk,. tthfaV; the sBoiIh.
partists into deSpair. This city Is their
grand centre. Pietri. Couti, De7ionne,
Mesdsmes Bazaine, .Canrobert, Princess
'es metternioh and Mathilde. are here,
The IPorld,s special from London says
it Is stated at Mercy Le' Haute; on the
authority of staff officer Of General
Picard, who escaped from Metz, that on
awful scene occurred ON Wednesday pre-.
ceding the surrender. At Q o'clock in the
afternoon. compact mass of unarmed
people swarmed from the Western gates
into the plain. They were of all ages,
ranks and sexes, numbering near 10000,
headed by man and woman, the latter
carrying white flag. Following these
were hundreds OF children, carrying little
white flags, while behind them moved a
strong body Of French troops, who we're
pressing them forward. These people
were expelled because there was no food.
The Prussians opened fire. The people
still advanced; when they came with
IN range, the man and woman still lead
ing and moving more rapidly, the man
fell, struck by bullet. The woman
waving her white flag in advance the
children screaming. The Prussian fire
continued, and the woman fell with her
flag. The crowd wavered for moment
and then fled. The Prussian fire grew
constantly hotter. The French troops
advancing, closed around the flying citi>
zens. A terrible fusilade followed. The
road was strewn with the bodies of
women and children. The forts threw
shot and she'll upon the rrussians until
the fugitives disappeared, when the
French troops fell back. The fugitives
lay around the walls and in the squares
all night. The agent of the World for
wards this statement, furnished by the
agent ut Mercy LIE Haute.
WASHINGTON, October 3O.-A large
delegation of friends called on tue
President and congratulated him upon
the adoption of the peace policy towards
the Indians. Orders regarding the
military forces collected at New York are
sent to General Mcdowell, who has, and
will continue to have, command. The
Presldent never intended to place those
troops under other than McDowcll's
command.
The President stated yesterday that he
had not yet selected Minister to Eng
land
The bids for arms aggregate only
G,70O stands of arms. No bids for fifty
field batteries are complete. The foreign
demand is satisfied for the present.
france having received about 500, 600 of
arms from former sales.
The correspondence between the
President and Secretary Cox is furnish
ed. Cox says: "When Congress ad-
lourned in the summer, Was credibly
informed that somewhat systematic
effort would be made before their re-
assembling in tho winter, to force n
change in the policy we have pursued in
the Interior Department. The removal
of the Indian service from the sphere of
ordinary political patronage, has been
peculiarly disastrous to many Influential
gentlemen in both Houses, and in order
to enable you to carry your purposes ont
successfully, [ am satisfied that you
ought not to be embarrassed by any
other causes of irritation in the same de.
partment. My views of the necessity of
reform IN the civil service, have brought
me more OF less into collision with the
plans of some of our active political
managers, and my sense of duty has
Obliged me to oppose some of their me-
thods OF action through the departments.
L have no doubt whatever, that tho pub
tic sentiment will sooner or later fully
sustain these efforts, Mt what I regard
needed refarms. 1 ought not to overlook
A'Sot eAhp Aoi Guo pT6S6uG CQ0y lu-
volve opposition, which, for the present,
it may not be for the interest of this ad-
ministration to provoke, and rs my per-
sonal tendency is to be rather moro than
less persistent in the coulse to which
am committed, L deem it my duty to
place in your hands my resi- gnation of
the Office of Secretary of the Interior,
to take effect as soon as you can con-
venicntly determine successor" The
balance of the letter and the Presidents
answer accepting the resignation upon
the completion of tho annual report, is
very cordial.
Tho Government will sell q million
coin each Wednesday md purchase a
million OF bonds each Thursday during
November.
The census returns indicate that the
population will not reach 10000, 900.
The increase of negroes will be more
tritle. Returns show that whero the ne
groes remained upon plantations, re-
mote from cities, q natural increase oc-
CURED, but in sections near larger cities
the decrease is appalling, while the ne
gro population OF smaller cities show
little or no increase, notwithstanding