The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-01-01

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!!1vealed "a q fortress Of, Perouhe, h, tLe
isPaztmebt ui. S5omme. Wednesdav.
aftes sharp sHgA Asing. q :. ''1"S' -. 80 -
hi!.E Hardwick, an Englisl, aroiitsct,
,21Tbe fleet bearing the Spanish Kioo
han Deem signalled off Rarcelonn and
VIII feach Oerthagenia today. ~ II he
heyaa that, the Spanish Government will
withdraw. her bill euspendinp constitn.
tional guarantees. The Government has
commenced disbanding the Republican,
battasiohs OF the National Guard. Mad
rid Is tranquil.
LILLE. December 3O.-Bourbaki and
Ohancey have resumed the offensive
ihe ohianS are securing the country
between Donal, Cambria and Arras. The
french ire from Mezieres is prevented
nY Ms Prussians erecting siege works.
EGIERBoURa, December 30,-A large
drilled. " ~
LoNpoN, December 30.-The confer
ence on the Eastern question has been
ing refused to take part. Her absence n
renders the meeting useless.
DRESDEN, December 3O.-The Grown
Prince Of SaxonJ telegraphs to King
John, that when his troops entered
Mount ,Avron, they found the works
deserted, the French having removed
the guns. The French subsequently,
Withdrew. from the village of Rosny
along the road to Paris.
MADRID, December 29.-Several bat
talions OF National Guards, recruited in
Republican quarters of Madrid, refuse to
attend the review next Sunday, in honor
or the new King. A serious disturbances
is apprehended.
LONDON, December 31.-The weather
is intensely cold. which causes fearful
mortality among the German wounded.
Nearly oil the occupants of fifty-six car-
rIages, containing those wounded at Bel.
tort on the 21st, were frozen dead before
the train reached Chateau Vols.
"A despatch from Bezanson reports an
other unsuccessful assault upon Belfort-
the beseigers losing 1,400 killed and
wounded.
A despatch from Havre says tho Ger.
mans captured another English collier at
Houen, and sunk the vessel in the Seine.
New YORK. December ga Tribune
special from London, the Goth. says the
English Government, upon application
of Count Bernstein, stopped the shin
chartered by the French Goyernment to
lay the submarine cable between
Dunairk, Cherbourg, Brest and Ror.
deaux. The ship was giyon in
charge of custom house officers in the
river Thames, and the cable on hoard
seized. Three hours after the seizure.
application was made for release. which
was refused.
LONDON, December 29.-Baron Won
Buests reply to Count Bismarck's cir
cular declaring the treaty of Luxembourg
abrogated, is oouched in terms similar tn
that Of Earl Granville.
Hong Kong dispatches of December
ID nave been received Quiet prevailed
IN the North of China. 1t was expected
that the river Telso would soon be frozen
up, IN whlcn event communication by
water with T1en-Tsin would be sus-
pended.
Montevideo advices to November 10th
report continued fighting and trade
quiet
The Germans in the Eastern depart-
ment are retreating. They have already
evacuated the town of Groy, in the
Valley OF Savone. A proclamation has
been issued by the Prnssian Govern
ment, placing under blockade all posts
OF FRANCE now occupied or hereafter
captured Dy derman forces.
The order of accusation against Mr..
Noel, for alleged completely in the mas
sacre committed by the Greek brigands.
has been countermanded.
The harbor of Kief is closed by ice.
The Paris press is opposed to the par
ticipation of France in the Congress on
the Eastern question.
German authorities ct Versailles ac-
cuse the French of paying tbs francs to
each French officer escaping from CAP.
tivity and breaking his parole. A de-
spatoh from Arras brings report that
the German soldiers on the march to the
North or France. openly declare them
selves tired of the war. A despatch
from Madrid, Thursday evening, saws
General Prim is much better and his
wounds evince no serious symptoms.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, December 29.--A
declaration of the Independence of the
Damibian Principalties has been an.
nounced here, and causes profound
sensation.
LONDON, December 31.-Paris CORES.
2ondence of the Goth, states that shell
gas thrown into the Northern part of
the city.
BORDEAUX, December 3O.-The towns