St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-08-09

o"is ''Nh W tilc SIdfCydiu vi
kunersdorf. At five o'clock the king
sent oft the courier, and the victory was
assured
"The victory was assured :" re-echoed
the mighty voice oc the people. With
warm and kindly eyes they looked upon
each other. Proud, glad, happy men,
who did not know each other, who had
never met, now felt that they were broth
ers, the sons of one fatherland, and they
clasped hands, and shouted their con-
gratulations.
Suddenly, at the end of the street, an
other horseman appeared lie drew
nearer and nearer. 1t is second couri-
er, second message or our king to his
family and his Berliners.
The people looked at him distrustfulIy,
anxiously. What means this second
courier! What news does he bring?
Ills countenance gay, his brow clear,
with flashing smile he grcets the people
lie brings news of ,ictory-completc, as
sured victory.
Like the first courier, he da,heS on to
the castle to give his dispatches to the
queen and the minister. The people
were drunk with joy. The equipages of
the mobiles rolled by, Every one whose
rank gave him the privilege wished to
offer his personal congratulations to the
queen.
And now in the Konigstrasse was seen
a venerable procession. The magistrates
OF Berlin-ln front of the burgomasters
with their long periwigs and golden
chains, behind the worthy city council
all FASTENED to offer congratulations in
the name of the city.
The crowd drew back respectfully be-
fore the worthy city fathers, and opened
a path for them, then fixed their eyes
again upon the balcony where minister
Herzberg again appeared and called for
silence.
He will give us the news of the second
courier. Tic victory is absolute The
Russians completely defeated. They had
retreated to kunersdorE. In this village
they proposed to defend themselves. But
the Prussians were increasingly pressing
upon them. Seven redoubts. kirschot.
Spltzherg, and one hundred and eighty
six cannon had been taken. The enemy
had suffered monstrou5 loss, and was
in the greatest confusion. The fate OF
the day seemed conclusive. This wis
owing to the heroic Courage of the army,
who" neither the blazing heat of the sun
nor the unexampled slaughter could for
a moment restaln. At six o'clock, when
the king sent Oft his second courier, the
enemy had retreated behind his last in
trenchments, and taken refuge at Guden-
berg.
A loud hurrah broke from the people
as Herzberg finished and left the balcony
Now there was no room for doubt The
enemy was overwhelmed and had fled tc
his last intrenchment. Would the kim
leave him unmoleSted, and would he moi
still drive the hated enemy further?
While groups of men were assembled
here and there, discussing these weighty
questions, and Others, their hereditary
enemy, were making eloquent addreSsc
to the people, third courier appeared il
sight. Breathless with expectation an,
anxiety, they would not give him tim,
to reach the castle They muS;-;hey
would know the news he brings Their,
should be no delay, no tcmporizing, nc
mysteries The people were one grea
family. They awaited the message o
their father. They demanded news o
their distant SONS and brothers
The third courier brings renewed as
suranceS. The Russians are routed Th
king will give them no rest. He vii
drive them from their last stronghold
With his whole army, with cavalry an,
: militia, with all his cannon, he was il
, the act of storming Gutenberg. This i
: the message OF the third courier.
The people are proud and happy. n
one thinks of going home In fact, the
have no home but the streets Ever
! house would be too small for this grea
| family, which feels a thirst to express ii
/ JOY and its rapture at each other. An
, then it was possible the king might sen
f another courier Who could 90 hom
| till they knew that the Russians wer
driven from the last stronghold, tha
Gadenberg was drenched in Russia
blood
e No one doubted that the news woul
= come-must come. Not the slightes
: fear, the least doubt troubled the proud
5 pure JOY of this hour. The victory Wa
D achieved, but it was still charming t
hear it confirmed, to receive these heav
e emily messages. Every open space wa
: filled with men. Each one would Sc
and hear for himself No man though
l.. himself too distinguished, too sick, to
1 weak, to stand for hours in the burnin
sun, carried about involuntarily by ii
; tiuctuating wave of humanity. Side b
:. side with the laborer stood the elegar
e lady in her silk robes; near the poo
n beggggar in his ragged jacket were seen I'll
r high official, and the wealthy bankers i
; their rich dresses
e More than fifty thousand men wei
e now assembled and waiting-wailing {,
J. what they knew not-for news-tor
e courier who cottld give the details
e was not enough TO know that the kir
~ had conquered they wished to kno
:, the extent and the significance of this vi
Il tory and lastly, they would know Il
= bloody offering which this victory ha
s cost.
o The dinner hour was passed. VIII;
e cared this happy people for dinner
n They hungered for no earthly food; the
y thirsted for no earthly drink they we
5. satisfied with the joy of victory. III
e clock struck three. Yes, there comes
hsrseman, his bride is hanging loose
7, he is covered with dust-but how, VIII
lie means this2 His face Is male As deatl