The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-10-15 00:00:00

GARIBALDI TO THE RESCUE!

General Garlo:ildi has arrived at Tours. and hai addressed
an enthusiastic gaillerlng of Francs-tireurs at the Prefecture.
His language glows with the old fire "I come to take my
place amongst you to tight for the holy Republic." it would
be interesting to know whtther the feelings of the Pro-
visional Government at the arrival of no formidable. visitor
are those Of gratification or emierraument. They are suf-
ficiently encumbered as it Is with ski ....rts of heterogeneous
Red-shined Galinaldle. from Italy, a regiment of
Republican sympathisers from Spain, an ambulance corps of
excited Hibernia., and a cargo of nondescripta from New
York—surely, if salvation comes from a multitude of well.
Wisher., the day of France's deliverance from the yoke of Uhlan
requisitions cannot be far off. But the appearance of Garibaldi
introduces • new element altogether (remarks the Daily Tele-
graph). A man of Ms celebrity, even though as a warrior he
is now put his prime, may exercise an Immense effect on
the future of the war. He supplies to multitudes what they
have long craved for—a rallying point and a symbol. :sot
many Frenchmen out of Paris and Lyons could, perhaps, get
up much enthusiasm for a Republic in the abstract, but they
will fight against an invader all the more vigorously if their
cause is consecrated. as it were, by the adhesion of a lofty
and noble nature. Such aid is given by the great Italian.
IBfit in what character will he be accepted by the Go.rn-
ment Giribaldi cannot wall be attached as subordinate to
another General—at Mast to such as the French forces now
obey; and to give him carte blanche to fight how and where
he chose might tend to endless confusion. We wait
with much curiosity to set bow the difficulty will be
adjusted. We feel anxious, howev;:, on jest two points—
that he should write as few letters as possible, and that be
should avoid falling into the hands ol the Prussians, who,
U they make good their own threats against guerilla levies,
will shoot the illustrious Italian with as little compunction
as they would show to any maddened peasant avenging his
foisted home.

THE PRICE OF A HERRING!

"salted povlsions and vegetables seem also alarmingly
scarce The cial.ier day a friend of mine, a young Garde
Mobile, entered a g,,rocer's shop In this street to purchase a
eglp herring, she prsce asked was half a franc. My friend
remonstrated against the imposition. and was answered
rudely by the proprietor stihnsell onc Ricer In the National
Guard), ' that he would rather save it for the Prussians to
eat, than sell it for one centime less.' To use an inelegant
but expressive term, the result of this answer was a ' shindy ; '
for some customers In the shop, hearing the reply, demanded
the salesman's instant degradation from hie comman I, and
finally he had to take refuge from the mob In the cellar
Next morning the shop was closed . the herring—innocent
canes of all the disturbance—being affixed to the shutters,
racketed with the exorbitant price demanded, and looking,
as far as a dead and pickled herring can look, as if it would
infinitely have preferred to he eaten by my young Garde
Motile, rather than remain thus exposed to the J •ers and
insulting remarks of the passers.by."—Da lig Telegraph Paris
Corrsepondent.