New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-09

A recent Paris letter contains the following in;
relation to the military correspondent Of the Paris
newspapers:
Several of the Paris journals announce, with
great flourish of trumpets, that they have engaged
the services of 6 able correspondents, whose spe-
Cia duty it will be to chronicle the events of the
military campaigns, expected to begin at mo-
ment, in Italy and the northern frontiers Of
Austria During the four years of the rebellion
many of the war correspondents attached to
American newspapers signalzed themselves by
their talent and courage, communicating to the
public much valuable information, together with
some facts perhaps, which it was not advisable to
disclose. In France, letters from the battlefield
to the principal Partisan journals inaugurated,
for the first time, during the campaign of 1852.
and were principally distinguished for their plent-
full lack OF military details, which, to do the cor
respondents Justice, itwas perfectly proper not to
write, as the press would not have dared to publish
either news Of nature to be useful to the enemy,
| or any criticisms upon the French army. So they
made the most out of the material at their COM
mand that is to say, anecdote and gossip, invent
| ing amusing speeches for soldiers mortally
wounded, and seeking funny stories Il even III the
| cannon mouth Among the most prominent of
these battlefield reporters was one in particular,
whom we will call Machin the representative of a.
literary journal, and the beau-ideal of the military
| cllroBigueur. He came back in high feather,
after the armisce, sporting uniform half-civilian
| and halfWarlike, wearing fatigue cap perched
jauntily over his right ear, an officers cloak, and
carrying his writing material in dilapidated car
| fridge box, which he b0asted OF having taken
| from the body of a dead Austrian soldier. The
subject of all his Conversations for months after
the treaty of peace had been signed, was the war
| in which he hadEpartieipated When we took
| the village of Magenta y Z" The morning of the
| day we attacked Palestro;n As we marched
through the streets Of Milan" ETC., etc, and the
acts Of heroism and tremendous adventures to
which he had been an eyewitness According
to Machin's own account, not less than eleven
generals have been killed at his SIDE differ
ent occasions, while ne was penning his report
of the battle, in the midst of q haii-storn
of lead. One of his most triumphant
recitals was the story of the conference Of Napo,
leon and Francis Joseph ''We were at Cayarina,"
said Machin, the TWO emper0rs had met by ap-
pointment in a small house Of the village. NOE
another soul was admitted to this important inter-
view, but Of course had taken the necessary pre-
cautions to learn what was transporting as had
letter to write that very evening 80 passed the
guard entered the house, and took my station be-
: hind door which opened into the room where the
, two soyerejgns were seated. The conversation
0 commenced but presently Francis Joseph paused
abruptly, and looked around uneasily What is
the matter y inquired Napoleon III. We are not
alone was the reply; some one is concealed be-
i hind that door, Oh don't mind that returned
the French commandern-ch chief it is friend Of.
mine Machin, who is taking notes for his paper Y
So when you find by and by, minute details of all
that is transpiring in the secret councils Of the
Austrian, Prussian and Italian commanders, pub
lished in full in the Paris journals, you may set il
down as fixed fact that Machn is again in the
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