The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-24
THE END APPROACHING.
TROCHU At LAST TALKS OPENLT T
OF SURRENDER.
Famine Prices In Paris.Chansey Hur-
ryIng his Oxen to the Relief Of the
Besieged-Faidherbe's Defeat ut st.
Quentin - Gambetta's Frantic APP
pea1s.
LONDON, January %.

1
Fayre is expected in London to-day (Mon.
day.) Faidherbe, with his staff, had arrived
OF Cambrai. On the 10th the army Of the
North was In full retreat. Faidherbe says bis
men fought well before st. Quentin, but re-
| treated on the 18th before Prussian reinforce
ments. The losses on both sides were heavy
The bombardment of Longwy is vigorously
continued; the town is burning
Under cover of dense fog, the French mass
ed on The Goth before Mont Yalerien, but no
thing further was attempted. The French car
4 ried Montretout by surprise on the 10Th, but
the Prussians subsequently, recovered the POSI-
tion. Prisoners say other attacks will be made
upon the Investing lines, but assert positively
that the national guard will not fIht.
The railroad station at st. Quentin was
\ stormed and the town afterwards occupied.
Ten thousand prisoners and six guns were cap
tured.
| A shell from Longwy fired farmhouse
within the investing lines, and forty Prussians
| perlshed In the flames.
Paris advices to the 18th have been received.
The bombardment damages are not extensive,
and but few have been killed. Large dreres
of oxen had passed Rheims tor Paris, ready for
Chansey's advance. Chansey is receiving re.
Inducements.
In the domestic market quotations OF Paris,
the following prices are given : Rabbits, 800
francs; chickens, So francs; geese, rs francs;
turkeys, 90 francs; egg, 2francs piece; fish, 8
francs per pound -, =,
20. VERSAILLES, January 20.
Allis quiet this afternoon, and the troops on
both sides remain in their. positions. The
Prussan loss in the recent sortle was 400: the
French loss was 80 heavy that they asked an
armistice of forty-eight hours to remove the
wounded and bury their dead.
LAST MIG ITS DISPATCHES.
LONDON, January 2l.
The conhagration at Longwy has been con-
frmed. The country around Valenclennes
has been inundated In consequence Of the ap-
proach of the Germans. The Modified Guard
behaved badly at st. Quentin; fully $1,000 OF
them became panic stricken. A Cambral dis
patch, dated on the Goth, says there is panic
among the people at the approach of the Ger
mans. Faidherbe has gone to Douay, and
General Fayre to Lille. A dispatch from Lille,
dated the 2lst, reports the utmost consterna-
tion prevailing. The women and children are
fleeing the town. Troops are arriving In
pitiable state. Gambetta spoke, advising
resist ance to the bitter end. He denounced
the partisan and cowardly cry Of peace on any
terms. and repudiated the desire on his part
to form dictatorship. He urged the people
and army TO do their duty, promising them
final triumph.
PARIS, January 10.
Jules Favre is very sick. The victims of the
bombardment, killed and wounded, 80 far, are
forty-nina women, thIrty-nine children and
ninety-two men.
LONDON, January %.
Gambetta made another speech, in which
he expressed his confidence in Faidherbe, and
announced fresh leVies for the army Of France.
Cambrai has been summoned TO surrender.
The Germans are entering the Departments Of
Calvados and Arne.
Bismarck declines to enter upon negotia-
tlons for Favre's safe conduct to the Confer
ence. Advices from Paris say that Trochu, at
council on Friday, stated that should the
hope Of outside assistance fail it would be his
duty to surrender the city before the Germans
destroyed the public buildings and fired the
centre Of the CITY,
The Emperor telegraphs the Empress Au-
gusta on the 2lst: "The enemy yesterday
withdrew into Paris. The total French loss ct
St. Quentin is $4,000. The enemy has with
drawn to valenciennes and Douay. We have
roonnunlol Camhrai