The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-12

whose rifles were about two and
halt feet long; in fact, not seen easily
as they were marching past. The fell
lows are bulky, and their mess tins
are the largest / have ever seen in
the army They do not seem to smoke
much, nor to drink beer so much as
others, and this may account for their
having more lively appearance.
DEPARTURE OF THE KINGS OF PRUS-
STA AND HANOVER FROM THEIR RE-
sPECTIvE CAPITALS.
Hanover June l6) Correspondence Paris
Temps.
I left Berlin in the same train as
King William; he arrived few min
utes before it started. He was ac-
companied by NJ. de Bismark, by the
Minister of War, General Van Room,
and General Moltke, Chef d 'Etat Ma
jor (Quartermaster GENERALLY Of the
Prussian army. An enormous crowd
encountered the approaches to the
station, and the constables had some
difficulty in obtaining free passage for
the King and his suite. Der ate
Herr e. the old gentleman" as the
Berliners Familiarity call him) struck
me as having grown much older since
last night. The King was going to
Potsdam to meet the Queen, who was
returning home from Baden He
bowed right and left, and shook
hands very cordially with all near
him At the Potsdam station Gas in
deed at all the stations where we
stopped) the crowd was enormous.
When we passed, a long train filed
with the 9TH regiment Of Hussars of
the tdndl1ehr was about to start; fur
Their on we whisked past two other
military trains-hurrying with their
living freight toward the frontier of
Saxony In the same compartment
with me was Counsellor Achenbach,
man in high office at the Ministry
of Commerce. He was going to Sans
bruck on a mission from the Govern
ment OF course [ can reveal moth
ing, but think [ may assume that
the sale of the famous mines of Sans
bruck Ito whom of course it is unnec-
essary to say, which has been so of
ten contradicted is a fat dcc0mp6.
At Madgeburg the express stopped
for twenty minutes. Three days pre-
viously, on passing through that town,
the first Prussian fortress we meet in
coming from the west, | had been
greatly struck at seeing no defensive
preparations. The trees on the glacis
were still standing; the bitches were
not flooded; there were no guns on
the ramparts. Within this brief
space complete change had taken
place. The bitches were filed with
water to their brink, the trees were all
cut down, and / could see thousands
of soldiers and artisans working hard
by torchlight, placing guns in position.
At Madgebmg we first heard of the
commencement of hostilities in Sax
ony. At Brunswick, where we ar
rived soon after midnight, the train
was received on entering the station by
the hurrahs Of a crowd wild with ex-
element. We were eagerly asked for
news, and were informed in our turn
that the Prussians had entered Han
over by Altoona and the Duchy of
Lauenberg. The Brunswickers APP
peared in high glee; their good neigh
bors, the Hanoverians, will have to
bear the brunt of military occupa-
ton, and they fancy that the neutral
ity vote of the Chambers will save
them from a like fate. These good
people forget that Prussia won't hear
of neutrality, and that tomorrow the
little army of Brunswick 5000 strong)
will in all probability be incorporated
with the forces of Prussia, and com
PEELED to share with it the chances of
war. The train started again-at
Vechelde we entered Hanover. | saw
a great glare, and as we drew nearer
saw a lot of peasants bearing torches,
and about twenty soldiers, pick and
axe in hand, from which / inferred
that our train would be the last that
passed over that line. before the
entrance of the enemy. At Lehrte,
which is the central point where Han
overian railways meet, we found three
trains filled with soldiers, the Hano-
verian army being in full retreat. At
2 A. NJ. we entered the Hanover ter
minus, after crossing in our way sew
eral more trains laden with troops
There was great agitation, and the
terminus was crowded. A special
train, conspicuous in which was the
royal carriage, was in readiness wait
ing on the King. At clock in the
morning the Mayor and municipal
council waited on his Majesty, and
urged him to rescind the vote given 1
by Hanover at Frankfort, and above
all not to leave the capital. The
King replied-as he had previously
replied to the Prussian envoy-by a
distinct refusal. He added that he
left his Queen and his two young
daughters behind him, and confded
| them to the affection of his subjects.
l was taking down these details from
the lips of a young diplomatist, when,
at about 3 A. NJ, the King arrived at
the station The sight of this mon
arch leaving his capital under such
circumstances was a moving one.
King George V. is a fine, tail man,
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