The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-08-30 00:00:00

THE %V AR.

of their Emperor; completed the puoishment of
Abyesinia, shoat,' the than red line at Balaclava, and
made the chew of the devoted Six Hundred? Have
they "fallen from the mettle of their pasture"? Do
thor mown that no longer their "limbs were forge,' in
England"? If not our wealth, are not our material
resourcts at lend foor•fold what they wern even a
otntury ago? Is not our population, relatively to that
our rivals, greater in the year 1870 than in the yar
1801—rivals

,ClttrpurNAl, Coast. MEAT, AND POULTRY MAIUM, Friday.—
Our mom market to-day wait well supplied with iiew cheat. A
better trade was wheat, a decline of 1. to 2. per qr.
Nevem] ‘amples of wheat were shown, welshing 13 ...sire mitt..
rattle : The trade was dull. Market very muall. Prices about
the same as quid. d 1.4 market. Wheat, 224 tO 27% per conk
I, 211.. to 3s. per qr.; oats, 27. to 31s per qr.; beans, 25. to
per seek ; peas, 20v to 2.:x. per .34:k ; 14.4 tu 12s per
bushel. Peet 12. tki k. 13. per wore . mutton, 3.1 to bid per
III.; lamb, 6.1 to 91 per lb.; veal. 71 to SI per Ili.; pork, 11. to
11+ 3.1 iwr Iniekis. 1. 6,1 tot..; 4..w1., 1. to I. Ohl per
• maple. Milk butter. Is Id per lb.; whey ditto, 1.. Eggs, 16
• lb.

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.
A correspondent 01 the Tempt, welting from Rheims on
Sal unlay sty. that • WILMS Omni!' to be observed in the
manner 01 those who surround the Empenvr, and some Very
Irme C are 00w openly Indulzed in by them. "'fl
Emperor," they sae, " I. no longer 11 an site or disposition to
ad.,pt de14.101.11 which are tometeme. neeeware. He ought to
return to St ('hod. and espccially to take with him Ks ton,
.
who talk,, too much at talk won all sorts lof question. with
imperturlable witosairllm It I eTO '1'1! front whom
heard th„,0,00400, wouot aAtonm ien.-

Whom our lather,
hive in their own land benten. and thurop.di
And 011 rixord lett them the liviro of gum..., ?
Are we any the we.ker her:tango it suits civil aunts or
hired partisans to wty so? Our might depends not on
opinion liut upon our resourees—our coal, our credit,
Our iron, our productive faculty, our popuktion and
their prowesa, our Navy and the sagacity and valour of
our leading men. When were we so rich in all thew, al
we we now?
Let ut he Irteleal with Got and with the was
Which Ile hail% elven for knee impregnable,
And with their helpw only di lend enmity.;
In them and in mint:lves our safety lies.
- - OrR MILITARY ORGANISATION.

A 31ANCIIESTER CLERK ENDF.It FIRE
tahtimi:i:ll,,ms,:t.i:dna ti.Unt.acit.hndke.,
op. The thunder of cannon,
cedfew
We had not long to wait'
ant I had about 40 men
tinder Ira ommaml. Lieut. Lobe was almiret immediately
shot in the leg, hut them was no time kr look riund ; shot was
burst, and the bullets whistled in an extraordlos,--- manner.
Tarim we hail to 0011: up to the waist through water, but the
men were inelauntral, and did not care for toll nor bullets. We
now arlsatinal and attacked the Zouaves and Tureen, who were
couching epposite to to. (There are many negrom amongst
th,rn ) We drove them lack nuirelloll DVITC, until we reached
Alstadt, where the fellowa had intrenehed in the howsen. And
now a desperate encounter took place. First, I attacked, with
my men, a mill from which heavy slas,ting was coming. We
restended quietly to the enemy's fire, and then, with a hurrah,
ails ante lam quickly as teseible. At about ten pact, from the
boon., n -me 14 the men found cover, and hrought down from
the mill walls es ery fellow who showed himself, while the re-
mainder of us forced the door open. In the house, there was
some sharp work ; many were wounded, and of thine who
were left, thine who would fight were settled, the 'there taken
prisoners. I myself fetched out Irons below • bed an officer of
the Zouaveri. lie threw his sword swat- ; I mails him prininer,
and buckled sin hie sword, it being a good booty. We also took
a hone, and then advanced, running. When Net leaving, a
Ziorave shot at us front the top if the chimney, but we quickly
made him maw. The fight got now hotter and nearer. We
also entered and demolished • restaurant from where civilians
bad shot at its. We firm then in Mier this my
whole company advanced towards Weiniendrum (a loner,.
oriiitipied by a few hundred men'. The rite was closed and
the 1/1"111(fe ilraWll up. As we approached the ramparts some
'hots seem fired at us A sergeant, formerly a vi hints:, of our
company, named Bourbiec, and a private, underto -k • bold
pieta: of work which it was necessary to dn. They went oireet
under the gam, climbed It, and, though several shots were fired
at them, got e tfely over. Others followed, the gale was opened
by them, and we marched in. Not a Frenchman was now to be
us-en; the inhabitant s loud the troop. had left on the other side.
We searehssl, hut not finding an enemy we left the town, as I
could not have guarded it a ith my company. fictively were wee
quarter ..f an hone aw.ty when we heard sitibletily strong firing
in the place. lat once went back with some men, and we shot
St the loop)udes, but without any particular result. Our
anal. es, hosvever, has leg worked a little tilt the other side,
slid a. we attacked with the a•sistance if a battalion, the white
flag appeared. For the see oul time the bridge Is it 111111'11, and
behind it we saw two lin:hired rnmehmen if the 74th Ite.giment,
alio presented arms (stab bayonets ilownwanls), and beatne
willitsg prkoncrs. Boring thu time the Ilavarl.n. and a few
kat-thous id our troops hail atormssl the neistrent our 11th
Oirps had attacked the enemy on his right flank, ani: the lietory
was tori, after storming a issiition which m eared almost
impregnahle. Our losses were very great. rat an mt h tlf-past
one there was quietnes., and with it QUIN the feeling of fatigue.
Every one rat down on his knapsack, and refreaheil himself,
while around there lay many dead and wounded. It was
epecially horrible to see the ghastly faces of Loaves and
Turn., whose naturally wild appearance wag terribly intenalfle4
In Ule evening (4th August), we bivouacked before the town
and the next day marched Alin the most intense ht at, wi'hout
env provision wit de. er, and with but very little water, the
whole day until eight at night, when we anived again in
bivouac near Preinsiehhof. Everyone. I manure yen, was now
glad to think that he would get something to eat, mid then
sleep. But suddenly a dreadful thunderstorm burst out,
atiogoi,,hing all fires, whit), we stood In the soft clay ground,
liter the ankle In mud. This was the worst night of My life.
and I shall never forget it. At last I could not stand It
any longer, I threw tnyaelf on the grounl, not caring what
might happen, and fell asleep! At half.past three a cur
iihot awoke us, everyone was ehivering with cold, fatigue,
and hunger. Fortunately the rain began to elacken, 111111,
as we had no tinier to advant,e (although the firing con-
tinued), we started • general cooking and drying. Then we
gut pieces of wood round the fire, and eat on these, warming
I.unselve. as well c.v.:41,1c ; but all was well after we got
nonething to sat, and a pipe made us feel as right a. possible.
All the while the cannons thundered. and in the distance we
•aw some shell burst. We heard, however, that it was oulv a
reisoin Mance fighting, and did not mind it much. Sod-
denly, at half-past ten, we received the order to be ready,
and at eleven we were in a height commanding a capital iew
of the fight. Before us was the valley, In the form Id a printed
14, with rather steep hills 011 both KitlCo, hitt mpasially 011 the
French shk. Thn, then, we had to dn. Deseen I the hill
....about any cover, and capons, loan enormou, fire if guns.
mltriilleuses, and emit... cross the valley, and thnnigh a
boink which st si me points was deeper than the 111011 were
till, and 10,111 the opposite hill, where the Frenchmen were
intrenehol le hind on th walls, and scarcely visible. Twice we
were repulsed by the tremendous fire, but at last we gained the
.....inmit of the height, anti put the fellows to flight. You can-
ted imagine what ath Icing riar was mantel)," the artElery
it was enormous. When I was deal I had the sensation as
if I hal been struck on the chest with& hammer, then smart-
ing. horning pain, and then down I was on my nose. (initially
I recovi real my wits, sod 111.11 C my way crawling in the drool-
ice," a lien Imw some horribly" wounded. A bullet,
emitting (tom s little to the left, entered mv chest on the ri..tht,
but as it hit sideways it went run,) the rib without inter-
it ter, much, and, without touching anvil. heats: part. male its
exit 011 the other side. I ant already getting right agiln, and
the care and attention I receive in the often' hospital here
are bey I praise. In about fourtoen Mira hope to be again
with my regiment.

11AY AND BTRAW.
SMITHFIELD, Thursday.
The following Were the quotationsPr :
load .1 .6 tr tt—ssi. I Per load of 36 trusses.
hay.. £1 10 oto t.O 16 01 (lover £5 0 oto £.7 10 0
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Straw • •

5-0 t71:1. i;

BKIRTOL lIAT. STRAW. AND COAL 11•ItKt; Fria-.—Four
1,441,4 hey, from 115 s to 130 s per toll. F..ur load. of hey
ir-na Leis to 1404 per ton. awo load of clover from 1154 to
1494 per ton. Four loads of straw, 1574 to as ad per dozen.
Coal, 14i 011 per ton.

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Lord Rich° mays that our rulers if either party have " never
yet rightly appealed to the patriotism of the peoele, and tried
upon that sure foundation to organise our military strength
Slid array the war power of the nation ;" and he contends that
we must not rest satisfied with force of less than 500,000 men
of all arms, and the power to turn them out ready for the field
in three weeks. His lordship advises • compulsory militia
ballot, with exemption for efficient volunteers.
_ THE DEFENCE OF TilE COUNTRY.

•
Recruiting Is reported to be procialing aRh great energy,
and it menus probable that the extra 30,000 men voted by
Parliament will soon be enlisted. At Chatham some of the
r-ernits who have enlisted for service in the depOts have ex-
pre—td • wish to serve under the new system for • period in
the army, and then for a similar period in the reserve force ;
but t of the mcruits have preferred to enlist for the
longer periisl Int the Old plan. The "Broad Arrow" hears
that all 111 tern on the half-pay list of the army will be celled
upon, by circular, to state their Illness and readiness for her-
vec with the reserve forces. There is a dedre at luad-quarters
to MI up the %amid commissions In the militia from the half'
pay hide; but the alternanve of " commoting" or nerving" ti
not to it put. The Spithead forts are rapidly approaching
ci mpletlon, anal it Is anticipated that they a ill shortly be for.
many handed over to the War Department. The Government
hove (It Is reported) under et.tniiieration • proposal to extend
Stokes Bay Pier into the ileep water oh the Solent so as to
entble the largest ironclad, of the Royal Navy to lie alongeide
the proposed landitig-i lace at low water. The workmen at
Chatham Dock3ard have cleared one building slip in n schema
for laying down the keel 4.1 the new ertnourplated frigate
Raleigh, 50 guns, which is ordered to be taken In hand. On
an adjoining aip the blocks art had for the keels of two new
Iron gun vessel. The landing pier at Woolwich arsenal is to
be h ght into direct comMunication with all the railways of
the kingdom by a Hew and direct line co.liecting the various
departments i 1 the Royal Arwmi with the Not lb Kent line,
which Is in course of construction. The line nes been long
projects:Ll. and partly earriel out, but the works were ahuost
at • standstill until retest events gave all impetus to similar
works ii, t.nst oi the national manufacturing establishments of
the country.

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1870.
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