Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-13

and drawer, cleverer set of gentlemen
than are these German officers-soldiert
of fortune though they belt is not my
Expectation to meet. Many of then
have had strange histories. That mild.
intelligent looking man, with the high
| Shakspearian forehead and the bump
of benevolence so strongly developed,
once killed seven men in single COM
bat. three of them after his sword had
been broken short off at the hilt, and
he had no other weapon left to defend
himself with. He is Captain Paulow
ski, of the Hungarian hussars. The
burly, well bnilt Austrian by his side is
Lieutenant Colonel Pitner, who fought
at Magenta and Solferino, and has new
er ceased fighting since. He has more
wounds than he has lived years, and
has been taken prisoner almost as often
as he has been wounded. On the last
occasion of his capture he was exchanp-
ed by Eseobedo with the express nm
Outstanding that he would leave the
country. But the cdcOetkeS for fighting
was strong upon him and instead Of
quitting Mexico he reioined Maximil-
ian. Lieutenant Colonel Pitner's fate
is therefore sealed, and he knows IL.
but not one whit does that knowIedoe
diminish his appetite or his flow of
spirits-both considerable. Such an
uproar as comes from that game of
picquet in the corner could only be raised
10y Major Marlburg. Twelve years hard
experience as "a soldier has not driven
out of him the boisterousness of n lad
of twelve. He would steal deaths
scythe and play practical jokes on the
hangman. The Mexican officers lire
mostly undemonstrative and show no
sign either of fear or hOpefulness. Give
them plenty of cigarettes and suffi-
ciency of chile, garlic and frijOIes to
sustain life, and they are content.
THE PRINCESS sALM-sALM's MISSION.
On the morning of May 2nd the Prin-
cess Salm- Salm had an Interview with |
President Juareg at San Luis Potosi,
and handed to him an autograph letter |
from Macmillan asking for time TO |
consult his counsel and to communicate |
with the Prussian Minister, all of whom |
are at this time within the walls of the |
city of Mexico. A Cabinet council was |
and the letter laid before |
them. To President Juarez it was a |
relief, as showing some tempo
rary mode of escape out of most press |
ing emergency. He accordingly re. |
ceived the bearer of the letter with |
and supported it's request be- |
fore the council. Iglesias, the accom- |
pi3hed, gentlemanly Minister of JUS |
tiee, backing him up. LerdO, Minister |
of Foreign Relations, stern, strong
willed and virtually ruler of the Cabi- |
net, urged that the letter be disregarded |
and the sentence OF the court martial |
be carried into immediate effect. Ig- |
naciO Meiia, Minister of War, upheld |
him. Thus the Cabinet was equally |
and for some hours a feather /
might have turned the scale In which |
hung the fate of the eX-Emperor. Even. |
tually the temporizing policy, so dear
to all Spanish nations, prevailed, and |
the required pOstponement was grant
ed. The same evening Madame Salm-
Saim left San Luis Potosi for Queretaro |
10y special express, arriving here on the
afternoon OF the following day. She |
was the bearer of "A letter from Juarez
TO MaXimilian, informing the ituLqdO
EmpeTddOre that the time he asked for
would be accorded him. 1t is hardly /
necessary to say that this answer was a
welcome relief to the prisoners. With
time, they felt that one great point was
gained. Nothing could now be done
before the fall OF Mexico city, and in /
The meanwhile hundred influences |
would be at work IN their behalf.