The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-03

| humiliation on q vanqushed foe. Nothing
woult be such salt and vinegar IN tile oieeu-
ine wounds of France as to ourn, DloW 10
pieces and sack the city which IS ner glory
and pride. She would never, never i0lset VI
forgive IT.; whereas time may at last neaa-up
| all the other hurts which she has received or
NAV receive from her foe in the usual course
of war. -,
with Paris seemingly safe in the net, and al
| the reasons that we have given moving the
Germans to depend on starving her out, ~ ap-
pears as if commandment Will oe only
menace, and not executed. II attempted, the
German shells can hardly touch more than the
outskirts of the city, and her Inhabitants. un-
like those of Strasbourg, can hnd sheler TO-
ward the centre, and their surrender may not
be expedited by single day; for all accounts
agree that Paris is nerved up to pltch OF deS
peration which makes nearly AL nt[na9 Gae pa e
tices possible. The bomb r1ment OF Pails
MIGHT be the means of arousiDg her people,
and those of all the French provinces, 70 sucn
deeds ofreckless valor as would endanger tile
retention of the advantages which the prowess
OF Germany has thus far gained.
Disagreement as to the Bombartlinent.
The London Times correspondent at Berlin
says 1t is asserted on what he has reason TO be-
lieve good authority, that from the outset the
Royal Headquarters were not agreed on the
/
eGeneral Count Moltke, as we'll as General
von Blumenthal. the chief Of the Crown
Princes m staff, and Colonel Ref, the commsn-
der of the siege artillery, from the very first
looked with difidence upon the arduous
undertaking of reducing such fortress Dy
powder and shot. They certainly thought the
thing practicable, but long and difficult. and,
knowing Paris to be but scantily provided, pre-
terred the safer and less sanguinary method OF
| arpnmentS
posed By Count Bismarck and General Won
| Room. the Minister OF War, urging the propri-
ety OF an attack, we're it only to hasten the
| effect of hunger, produce Q strong impression
upon the Inhabitants, and dispel the dreams OF
inviolabllity fostered BY the TRADES OF victor
| Hugo and his friends. According as the one
or The other opinion prevailed, the language
of otfcial organs varied, until at lest 1t ceased
altogether. The last decision was sort OF
COMPROMISE between the two opposing
opinions, but 1t Is OF course more than any
\ one can tell whether events have not caused
it to be c.rain superseded" The Lonton DAILY
Telegraph publishes the following from Brus-
| sells. dated December II: "a trusty messen-
| ger has Just come from Versailles, and
| has brought intelligence of the latest
| aspect of affairs Mt headquarters. Count
| Nostitz was the .otf1cer who carried the
dispatch to General TroChu on the 9th instant,
| with q flag of truce. The dispatch did not
contain q formal summons TO surrender; out
nut the whole case. us affecting the military
operations in the field, very strongly. The
| batteries are completed, and are furnished
| with trayerses, shields, and everything neoes-
t.sary to receive 300 siege pieces. One night
was calculated as sufficient time to transport
these heavy guns from the parks at Villa Couo-
| Law and Sevran 10 their respective posilions, TO
| mount them, and to unmask TIE batteries.
Within a week, 1t was asserted on the Slq,
| concentrated fire was to be opened from
eighty batteries on the forts and on Paris It.
self. The prospect Is looked upon as very
serious. The King himself comes regretfully
to this conclusion, hut, it Is said, he Is forced
| to consider his soldiers, who begin 10 complain
that the Parisiaus are being spared at their eX-
pense, and urge him to put an end to an un-
| bearable period OF suspense. His Majesty also
| feels that it is greater cruelty 10 starve
| a co,1ple of hundred thousand Ron-combatants
| than to kill certain number by shelling the
| city, He Is. again, much lrrltated oy the 1Oly
OF The Parisans In holding out when their last
hone of relief from the forces In the field Is de-
stroyed-the more so as General Tr0cau mini
| self declared publicly some time ago that
tParis could not protract her resistance unless
| the provinces came to her aid.' In The next
place he is constantly being urged to cake eX-
treme measures by those upon whose judg-
ment he places the greatest reliance. Despite
these facts, his Majesty has held or: until now,
death deeply affected him. The Crown Prince,
who broke the news, had taken precautions
that the telegram announcing the royal lady's
decease, which had been expected for several
days, should not reach the King by any other
hands than his own. The interview between
the King and Grown Prince tooE place on tne
morning oi the 7th, at 8 o'clock. No one was
present beside The father and scA."
Napoleon's Opinion OF his Restoration.
letter dated Wilhelmshohe, December
18th, says:
The Emperor enjoys perfect health: and
daily takes an airing on foot or horseback.
There have been no arrivals OF late at The cas-
| tie. All reports about second VlSit ot the
Empress, and her presence here now, are In
correct. 1t was Friday noon, when, during
! walk through the park with several gentlemen
| OF his suite. the Emperor spoke freely OF tne
chances OF his restoration. ut would be quite
well,n he said. lift were publicly understood
| that never Intend to remount the throne on
| the strength OF military pronllncianento, pI
the aid Of the soldiery Just as little as oy tnal
| Of Prussia. lam the sole sovereign VINO gov
erns next by the grace of God by the viii OF
| the people, and shall never be untaiLhful to
| the origin of either. The whole people, which
| has four times approved of my election must
recall me by its deliberate vote, else shall
| never return to France. The army possesses
no more right to place me on the Lnrone tnan
had the lawyers and lnafer5 to push me from
it. The French people, whose sovereign am,
has the sole deciSion.".
Public Feeling In Germany.
The Prnsslan correspondent OF tile London
Times writes, November 80, OF the bitterness
OF the feeling against France:
In Prussia there are many people and papers
advising the government to accept the surren-
der OF the hostile capital only ii 1t consents to
| deliver up not herself alone, but all France at
the same time. In other words, Paris IS not
| to be rescued from the pangs of hunger unless
Its government and people ratify the German
terms of peace in advance, and, more particu,
larly, approve the ceSsiou OF the two coveted
provinces. The severity OF this proposal VII!
give you an idea of the tone Of the public mind
in this country. Arguing on the conVictlon
that as the French begun The war for Vanitys
sake so are they continuing it because too con-
ceited to give in, although they know they have
no chance of success, the Germans having
been latterly denouncing the conduct OF their
neighbors in terms of increasing hatred anu
contempt No matter how great the glory
achieved By their troops, each successive bat
| tie adds to the Irritation against those who
| have forced the citizen warriors OF TINS couI-
| try to leave their homes, suspend their indus
| try, and take to the heroic The Germans are
certainly determined to go on beating the
| French as long as they will not concede them
the terms considered to contain the only,