The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-02-01
Tolo @r@phHC.
THE WAR IN EUROPE.

ala special reports that the Prussian
frigate Mcdusa fought the French
gunboats, Cutvlicux and Drcnicx, on
on the Pacific Ocean, sinking both.
The French fligatc Cecil had left
Montcvedio in charge Of the Medusu
The Prussians unsuccessfully at
tackled Dion.
The bombardmcnt has nearly 81
leuced St. D,nis.
St. JouN's January 2l.-Thc cable
between piacenl, and st Pierre has
f"ilcd, but it will not interfere with
Eurvpal, bu&in, sa thae goes direct
from st Pierre to Best, Fsancc.
LoNDo', January @3.- BismoacE
having refused, on Political grounds,
to pass Favre, has applied TO the mill
t"ry powers, whu grated pass care
fully wdrded to avoid political sig
nii'cancc. Favro has, probably, al
ready left Paris.
Tho French army of the North is
arriving at Arras, Donai, and Lille,
Ill totally di>baudcA aud dsconrag
ed co.ditlon. The citizens of Lille,
are indignant with Gambct,a, whom
they charge with driving the III on to
this state of affairs.
y Dispatch from Lille, January 22I
says: I he boubardmcnt Of Cambria
has commenced. Gambctta presided
at IA long Council of War.
General Robin, who commanded
Il division cf the army OF the North, is
dismissed.
Paris adviccs to Ja,.uary p state,
1 hat the Fcnch losses in the sortie Of
the l0th were le>s than 5000.
Frochu has issued ao order Of the
day, speaking in the highest terms Of
officers and soldiers.
1.oNDoN, Jan. 2l.-A dispatch from
Lille, January 23I, says; Gambet,a
has received Il telegram, that the
Garibaldians gained victory on san
day near Dton, arA the c'.cny abun.
doned strong posi'ioE. y large
amount of material aud many rriso-
ncrs were captured. The Garibal-
dians arc actively pursuing the enc
my.
WAsmNGroN, Jan. 60 Foreigr.
The Germans have abandoned the
scigc Of Camhria
The French have inundated tn,
country around Doady aud Arras.
The German army in the north Of
France is estimated at eighty thou
sand.
The bombardment of Longivy is
susI ended. The PrusSi.ns attribute
this failure to the heavy fog.
a dispatch dated Tlavrc, January,
21th, says tho Germans, after making
acquisitions for fifty thousand francs,
shot fonr inhabitants and carried of
the Mayor and three councilm en-
Name and place omitted.
Turkey dcolai cs semi.oilicially that
henceforth She will rely upon the pro-
lection, and not upon the interests and
jealousics Of European powers.
LONDON, January 2G-Thc Times
has special datcdlVersaillcs,2i, saying
that Jules Favre is there, proposing
to surrender Paris and the garrison
with the honofS of war.
The dispatch adds that the terms
of the surrender will take time, as
the Frcnch demands are too large.
The Times says cditorially, if FAvrc
| refuses to capitulatc on German terms
l}ismal elk Has the acceptance of them
by Napoleon and the Emprcss, and
threatens to lcotore Nap ocon.
LbNpoN, January 25.-A special to
the Telegram says, all the evening
journal Is coulilm the dispatches pub
lishes by the morning press, Of the
surrender Of Paris. The surrender is
on terms suggested by Bismarck, and
Is approved here by the press unani-
mously.
The committee of defence has in
trusted FAvrc., | learn on high au,ho4i,
ty, to make the best terms he can,
but to bring the conflict to close,
in any case. There is general
agreement in official circles, that the
end is n.omentariIy at hand, as far as
the defence of Paris is concerned.
The imperialists arc active and the
English government is known to favor
the restoration of the Bonapartc dy-
nasty. under the regency. Adviccs
are allowed to leave Paris, endorsed
by influential residents, approving this
termlnation of The war.
New YoRK, January 2S.-A Herald
special from Paris, January %, says
that on Saturday night a crowd of
citizens Of Bnllcvlllc and other quar-.
tcrs, who had been threatening g mis-
chief since the failure Of the surrie of
the 18Th, gathered in numbers around
the prison Of Mazls, where Flourcns,
Mi!lc,s and 'thcr political prisoners
'gcle inca cerated, ard after yariuus
rIotous demonstrations, made rcyn.
lar attack upon the rri on, aud beat
down the gates with bludgcons, stone
and iron bars. The jailor aud ,urnkrys
fled for their lives, lcaviGg the iii,
free to the rioters, who opened tie
cells, releasing the inmatas until they
found Flourcns, Milliers and their