, 1866-09-18

lie movement Of tho troops. The country
people everywhere told the same tale Of
rapacity In general aud yoraclty In particular
Of tho frusaians. Iannscd myself by asking
frequent Questions about their capacity Of
uniformly testified to It's enormous proper
tons. ! met on tho way several hospital
trains With sick and wounded. Tho officers |
accompanying them told me TINT tho cholera |
was rapidly abating among tho troops, and 4
that In q few daye all the hospitals south Of |
Brunn would bc cynpticd. |
TIE CAPITAL OF MoRAv1A.
Brunn, the capital Of Moravia, Is city Of ]
&c, coo Inhabitants, picturesq uely Situated up
on rolling site at tho Junction Of two small /
streams called the ottawa aud schwarzau.
uiacturfng interests. and q very lively place.
1t has been called the Austrian Leeds owing
to the great quantity aud excellence Of The
cloths md wool1en stuffs generally maauE1c-
tured In the city. The goods made here ind
nsd States u
Ct the annual production, though the Aus
triau cloths become English in name to
large extent upon reaching the New World.
The city extends partly through valley md
partly over the slopes Of two steep hills:
Of tiresorac ups and downs: 6f arehiteetnral
ornaments 1t contains nothing remarkable.
or great historical Interest Is the Castle Of
Spic1bcrg, on the brow Of one Of the hills,
formerly the citadel ofthe once fortified place,
but used for many decades a. State prison
for political offenders By the Austrian Gov
ernnlcnt. 1t las been made negatively ia-
nous By Silvio PoIlico's, the Italian patriot,
account Of bis eight years sufIerings in one
Of its dungeons. or late years, however,
only common criminals have been confined
IN IT,
At this time Brrnn is the headquarters
ofthe Third Army Corps, Of which some
eight thousand infantry, cavalry and artil-
lcry constitute the garrison. Like Prague,
sy saaSa nss es7 ssat
mcrcia1 wealth and her manufacturing
facilities made her fayorite object for
vast acquisitions with tho Prusaian ma
rauders. More than six weeks ago her trials
commenced, and have continued :unintcr.:
the night Of the 11th u1timo when the last
Austrian troops, Elcleheem's cavalry brig
adc, rctreatcd through her streets, and
with them Disappeared, the Govern
ment officials. For several days after the bat
many Of the Inhabitants that the Govern.
1ncni would not voluntarily give up the great
Industrial emporium, which furnished the
cloth for the whole Of its army, to the enemy,
| hut would fight a battle for its protection
under its very walls: Bat With the ne, di:ag, ,
| tCHlNACG VI AAG41AN@" @ AAONktNt1f AAV tA44t%4
look courage aud prepared for tho reception
Of the Prussiana. White flags were hoisted
upon the numerous church stceples and
hung from the windows Of private
aud public houses; On the morning
Of The n = G;t. 1ath tn The shisf '4;sa 1urso
leader, at the same time proceeded some dis.
tancc on the Pardubltz road, to meet tho
| enemy and request n1crcf(ul treatment Of
The dclcnceless community. About noon be
| came up with the Prnssian advance, and was
conducted By m officer, to the Grand Duke
OF 1{ccklenburg, who told him that the
wealthy p1ncc would have t6 contribute lib.
ernlly tothc supplies needed for the Prnsslan
army, but that no wnnton appropriation o.
property should be allowed, and the strietest
Magistrate came back to announce to the
citizens that they need fear no violence, bui
mus. prepare to feed lalgo bodies Of troops
for several days. Alas instead Of days
there we're to be many weeks Of Prussiar
nale In the forenoon nntarsd only H. ag1a "a.
Dnt IN The afternoon long columns Of tToopt
of all arms marched in and were massed Il
the public squares to await the assignment
Of quarters. Posters soon appeared on thf
street corners. announcing that eight thou
sand men and two thousand five hundred
horses would be 9uartered upon the inhab
itants, and directly after reQuisition fo
five thousand boots and shoes VAS made upot
the city, for Immediate delivery. Tho resi-
dents did nll they could to make their guest!
eomo5table thinking that It,, thers as wosla b
without thcir host. The next day after th.
first instalnent had left farty-five thousaht
more more were announced, and did not tnl
to come. And with them more requisit1on
l. Of footwear, leather, linen, cloth and otlle
masses Of troops passed through, includin:
the entire army Of Prince Frederick Charlie
and the larger portion Of the Crown Prince
command, in all about ono hundred an
seventy thousand men, A strong Gnrrlso
moving towards Vienna, aud more Of les
numerous attachments came through tn
. city daily on their way to the front. Sevcra
! large hospitals were also established. Wit
; ! the conclusion Of the armistice, the psopl
Of Brrnn were once more oycswlelme'
with hundreds Of thousands Of Prussia
visitors en- route for the north. During. th
| last few weeks. however, the inhabitants~er
| relensed Of the obligation to feed and 1odg
! their conaucrors in their honses, the Carr
! son being quartered In public buildings, an
, | supplied ct the expense Of the city. 4 NIL
.. lion Of torins would hardly pay the cost {
the Prussian occupation to the city.
. CrNDrcT OF TILE FRUss1ASs.
| I have not heard many complaints OF tt
| Prussiaus. Some excuses were committc
III the first days OF their presence, BY pr
sa,ss, pMs Hun 1nn, Nts hes hna to tte nnt;rc sa
! fsfact;on ar nf thc c,tizrns. Tho rnnk and 1]
. har. "riannt1r rnt IN very friendly tern
: with the lower classes OF the popnlat1ol
q Ono can see them takiug children out
~. har o,d nnc 5ritI, tl,e citizr5s. and r.,
r dcrsnc various kind offices TO thcir new a
, uuaintaucee. But the upper elements
: Bruenn society hold themselves entirel
e aloof from tho invaders" They arc cy
uSm5 ,.5atIa, gst ~ th;s " e;tr ns tf1e most ioy
pE,-a,,,,it,. =, ti,n Emn;rn Thc;r most
ror,tc rc:nrts thcT avoid In order n
9 ~ % conn IN coutact with Prussi,
nr,.nss as+ nrenfrr gent
y % hna,le conccr4 f,iven IN fbe Tnost fsh,o
aHa ,,r1,1,n ro-dc hr nne nf fhr Prnssfa
ao.o pnp'ts 1NhIa ..a-1,o1s 4 t,ro hnn5rad offfcc
at.anioa{, onn A. St7 MI ohserva Sm mare Than
!, an.at, r;t;~ecs -, w Tn T thesr prns.;a1.nhohis
:, 4sa ,,cTs ~ fbr comnietton Of fhe nea
J. t mnoss " - hr ~ IT. of aieir hated cneroi
% .. uE tha III 1raafsr y. SrI ~ tae tc;ns-
. fo,,a nae . t,,,.,;,sn.tnr MAJ ,,aa cnnrrss
e hsasoanu h atnaa stn tataI +1,;ra ~ Tn,rf Wh1
4 H. na. ~ 81 ns.nn,ata urSt1, fhc Prnsia1
hn. eiiss i NJ vi" Ill., ~ themselves ,y any
T. lssH na e9s 1atsE I',,i'caa snrf - E'r
ot nloauo'!s ~, y, pssis an En soutber1, =
snec tsaS IT, aste, to.rs ~ H. ~ Enntnn. IN
ns w; i.aE.st; ,s.;a, of;cers to1i 1no Tint .t
3. rue 1tussan o4ss mu.sa .ta..x ~ras
y ! Gate ,r;1, 1s-o entf.f.ct;,,,, ~ no
At lle Qa51us VIII sase ssa1 a,15 ~ t;-s
te s;aes. !he FsMssans NJ etsS sn1.t;n- w.
lie the place. Their social 1solauon e
ce pleasantto them; Inc Wa1t q a,aa 81 1em TI
society y cspcctaltS lstt o5 theM. aS =,
I'd have nothing to do, aud amusGments Pc
nd scarce, theJ snfet . goo4 dsal M WON eea e3.a
an1 ftnrn What 7 hayn tasted of It. I :
~nt5sssa5 1r,tf, ,-nn1 reGsnn. Tbey saw L
~ eornot aat fhc Austrian dishes. nnd crum
~ :ss.4S, hssr1, rrirr nf fyrrythiur, Come
- - 9hcm hnSe sent for cooks from Prus.
Last nos Isas., ~ tte d;ei Ia II usaet If
Of among theE s,ro - ~ 1eu e,rsr III thc st1onr
eo A4aAes ~A' NV Tyrck r1.Eurxr.
1es r-b, r-acl, element nre;Iominates hero
ed POINT ot hao ,.s nS ~, neata Ma.onn nag ,nd
CO. spoken Oh tue stItets eAAn y "a uA!tt A.s =