The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-09
FOREIGN NEWS.
France-rhe High Court OF Justice Con-
vened for the Trial of the Conspirators
Reports OF M. Olivier and the Pro-
cureur-Gencral Affirming tho Anthem
ITCHY OF tho Plot-Gustnve Flourens
Implicated.

The report or Minister OllEler, PIeceuins VIC
decree, shows the existence Of revolutionary
party having for It's object the establishment OF
Democratic and social republls. Its weapons are
Misrepresentation, systematic outrage. calumnJ,
emeutes and assassinations.> New liberties In
crease its frenzy instead OF appeasng 1t. It sees
In them only facilities for increased organization
and extension OF its influence. Its existence and
purposes are scarcely concealed in its assemblies.
and IN the columns Of the Journals which follow
it's f6ftunes. He exposes It's designs and declares
himselfin possession or evidence suficientto prove
criminal attempt and conspiracy. He reproduces
parts OF speeches in which he announced the ex-
istence CT this party, and told its members the
government hoped kindness and patience would
suffice to conquer passions which had their rise IN
other times But he ls forced to believe that ener
getic repression is the only means through which
to re-establish social peace and respect for the
Law, without which the inauguration Of Tree In
sti.utions would be foolhardy step Since the
appeal to the people had already been decreed,
his first instruction was to delay this trial, In Or
der that the Involuntary evidence might not seem
an electioneerng mannuvre. But the revolu-
tIonlsts have sought to sweep away by one crime
the reigning sovereign and the constitution,
which would be to destroy, with sure blow, the
State itself, and they have resolved TO execute
their purpose before the 9th Of May. Their plans
have for a long time been prepared. Under these
circumstances 1t Is our duty to publicly surrender
them to justice. The number inculpated, the ma
turc and gravity OF the affair, and the eXigencies
OF public order, demand the exercise OF the pow
ers Of the high Court in the trial and judgment
or the cause.
Then follows report Of the Procureur.G General
showing that Id their public assemblies ardent
Revolutionists had come together to prepare the
lnsurrection and attempt against the Emperor.
The report gives some details OF the conspiracy OF
February, and accuses the conspirators OF having
participated In the emeute which followed the
arrest Of Rochefort, and %f having designed to
assassinate the Emperor by an explosion OF nitro.
glycerine. The reportpublishes, for the purpose
Of proving the completely OF the International AS
sociaeion of Workmen, letter from Valln,
president Of that society, in which he says the as
ISOLATION should concert for united action In case
OF an outbreak. The report then passes to the
new conspiracy, and declares that the confes-
sions OF Beaury show that hee was IN
collusion with Gustave Fl)urens. in a-plot
to assassinate, the Emperor. letter Is
published from Flourens to Beaury, where
in the question OF the attempt is discussed,
and also letter from Beaury to Ballot, friend
OF Flourens, In which he invites him to assist at
amputatious In the Rue de Rlvoli, where there
are likely to be wounded men on the 29th OF
April, between the hours Of and O'Clock
Another letter from Flourens, found at the house
Q. Ballot, and dated April %, speaks likewise Of
that affair. The report then gives an account of
the discovery OF the bombs, and states that there
might be another foundry where bombs were
manufactured. The report announces the arrest
OF Ballot.
The Procureur-General, Grandeperret, publishes
In the Journal Ofieiel letters containing evidence
OF the existence OF the conspiracy.
Latest Political Gossip.
PARIS, May :.
The Joint committee Of deputies OF the Left and
representatives OF the Democratic press have Is
sued another manifesto to the electors. They pro-
test against the trickery OF the government In pub.
fishing on the eve OF an election violent anu III
considered reports for the purpose OF creating
panic. They denounce the government for charg-
ing all its opponents with insurrection and assas-
sination, and for endeavoring to create the i'm
preston that France has escaped great danger.
The committee say they despise these calumnles.
FrsSee knows on which siae are the men OF vic.
lence. She knows who get power by the coup
detat and who reserve the right ofthe coup d'etaf
The Journal Omciel announces that issues OF
the Avenir, Rationale, Steele and Revell were
seized because OF the publication of false proc
lanatton signed Louis Bonaparte. The Kappel,
an irreconcnable organ was seized to-day for vio-
lation Of the press law. Arrests for completely In
Glv nhor of a
tional Society of workmen were apprehended at
st. Etienne to day. Radical journals Of the city
strongly advise the people to be calm and quiet
tomorrow. T. II. Lermena, who at recent pub.
lie meeting, urged the impeachment of the EN-
peror, has been sentenced to two years imprlson'
ment and fine Of ten thousand francs.
Two-thlfds OF the French bishops and priests
now in Rome have requested permission to vote
at the French embassy on the Plebiscitum. The
Marquis Of Bienville thanks them for their patriot
ism, but Is instructed to reply that the law does
not permit such STEP.
General Foreign Summary.
LONDON, May7.
The London Times continues editorially to be.
little the French conspiracy. 1t says the peril
lies less in the strength Of those who would nnict
than in the weakness OF those who would resist
the conspiracy.
The Parliament OF the Zollverein having increas-
ed the duty on coffee, have reduced that on pig
iron to 2H silver groschen per quintal, and shat on
rice to Is. The duty on cotton yarn Is retained.
Thirty.eight Spanish bishops announce from
Rome their refusal to take oath to the new c6f'
stitution Of Spain, although the Fope interpeses
no objections.
1t Is now rumored that Marshal Serrano will
not resign, but will be Invested with the full pow
ers Of Royal Regent Of spaiua
The Prussan CoRsul at Rome, Herr D. Ann
helm, has delivered dispatch to Cardinal Anto-
nelli, strongly backing the remonstrance Of Napo.
leon.
The defeat OF the Imperial army at Shansi, in
North China, before reported, is fully confirmed.
The new steamship Earl Elgln sunk on Friday
or Stains, having oollIded with an unknown ves-
sci. The captain, mate and their families were
lost. Only seven who were on board escaped
death
The decision In the Mordaunt divorce case Is
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