The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-23

1t is said here that the failure of an intrigue
by the Empress Eugenie to marry her neice,
the Duchess of Alba, to Prince Leopold Of
Hohenzollern, is the real source of the present
trouble between France and Prussia. The
father of the Duchess is now In Madrid /,
drowned In debt and generally despised.
All Germans in service in France have been
ordered to return forthwith.
The War not a National One.
FRANKFORT, July 20.
The Gazette, in an editorial, asks how tn e
cause of the war concerns the people OF Franc e
or Germany, and intlmates that the questio n
is one between the monarchs Of tho respective.
countries, and one that the people do not feei
at all Interested In.
German Harmony,
BERLIN, July 20.
The most perfect harmony exists in tn Q
government Of all North German States In
the Saxon Chambers yesterday, Baron de
Friesen, Minister of Finance, made speech,
telling the deputies France was anxious for
war, and that she should have 1t as sharply
and severely as possible. His remarks were
greeted with enthusiasm.
Alliances.
PARIS, July 20.
La Liberte asserts that Vimegrate has gone
to Florence with treaty of alliance between
France and Italy The same paper says in
case Denmark jc -Is France in the war, the
Prince of Orleans will serve In the Danish
army.
No Fighting Yet.
PARIS, July 20.
No fighting on sea or land has yet been re-
ported. The deputies from the department Of
the Upper and Lower Rhine, Moselle and
Meurthe, are kept we'll informed by telegra phi
of the movements of the army, and they state
that no important conflict has yet taken place
between the hostile forces. There have been
some skirmishes between patrols and customs
officers, but no blood has been split and not q
gun fred. The Emperor did not come to
Paris to-day. He received ministers and an
swered dispatches at St. Cloud
Prussians on the border say Bismarck is
much troubled at the slowness Of the Land
wehr in coming forward.
The Empress Eugenle Is delighted that the
Prince Imperial will now see his first CAM
paign with his father. N. olivier ayews his
entire confidence in the favorable result Of the
war.
A Newspaper Correspondent In Tight
Place-T he Prussians Retire their
Lines-Half Million Men In tho
FIeld-A Frenc Estimate OF the Prus-
sian Troops.
WASH NGToN, July %.
The following is a summary Of the latest Ca
BILE dispatches:
The correspondent of the London Times was
arrested as spy at Metz. He spent the night
in Jail and was then expelled from the French
lines.
A collier arriving at Newcastle, England,
reports that she was shot at by French
cruiser.
It is reported that the Prussians have re-
tired from their position between Luxembourg
aud the Palatinate, and are now massing be-
tween Coblentz and Mayence.
The German Lloyds announce o suspension
of the American steam service.
Austria is not arming.
The bellgerents will begin with about
quarter Of million Of men on. a side; but Eu-
ropean journals say the French have been
made soldiers by recent service in Africa,
while the Prussians are mere militia. France
puts an army in the tleld-Prussia only an
armed people.
Napoleon Is Ill.
PARIS, July %.
The Emperor is Ill at st. Cloud, and will not
join the army for some days.
The Bavnrinn Army in the Field.
BERLIN, July 22.
King William assumes control of the Bava-
rian army, placing it in the Third Army Corps.
No Bioodshed Yet.
WASHINGTON, July 22--l P. n.
The latest dispatches say there has been no
bloodshed yet nor Is battle imminent