Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-25

party among the nlRner nODiiity VI vi
i duchies were in favor of permanent
D union with Prussia, although the larg
{, majority of the people asked the recoe
: milton Of Prince Frederick of Augusten
burg as Duke of Schleswig- Holstein
both the Prince and the people being
n however. in favor of making concession
to Prussia. In the war resulting, Vol
Moltke PLAYED great part against Den
mark, in whose service he had once been
and, as Chief of staff, was Joined witt
Prince Frederick Charles, who was called
to the command of the allied troops
In this position he displayed grea
ability; and so remarkable were
his powers that he was called to organ
ize the war which, in the following year,
took place between Prussia and Austria.
The plans laid down by him we're car
ried out-so far as the circumstances
would admit-to the letter. Engaged in
the service Of Prussia, he devoted all his
energies to its advancement, and to HIM
not less than to Bismarck was due the
success of the war. Every body must
remember the excitement in regard to
the news from Europe which was felt
during the latter days OF June and the
early part of July, 1866. The fever ran
high in this city, the hatred between
Austrian and Prussian being not less
evident then than between Prussian and
Frenchman now, and occasioning greater
disturbances. The trenchmen, too, came
in for their share OF abuse, for there was
no telling whether or not the Emperor
of the French would interfere IN the
struggle and force such a conclusion OF
it as would suit his wishes. The enthu-
siasm which the cable dispatches now
tell us is manifested IN Prussia and
France-the one country shouting the
praises of the arrogant William, whom,
with that feryor OF patriotism which
comes in great crises and disappears
with them, they called der alte Herr
was as great then as now, and when
King William, accompanied by Bismarck
and Won Moltke, LETT Berlin Tor the seat
OF war, he was greeted with such cheers
and demonstration as hardly have their
parallels now. There were marching
and COMMUNICATING, all to the
tune which. Won Moitke,, hardly
then recognized as leader, save
IN the private councils OF Prussia, had
made. AT last came the news OF the bat
tie OF Sadowa; The Austrlans had been
rreat mower of Germany General Won
Moltke was on the field near the person !
of the King during the fight, and under
his direction the army advanced toward |
Vienna. On the I'D day of July General
Moltke arranged a truce of FIVE days, |
during which an armistice was concluded,
accompanied by arrangements which as
sured the triumph of Prussia. Then he
received from King William the decora-
ton of the Order OF the Black Eagle, an
honor not less dear to Prussian than
the Cross of the Legion of Honor to a
Frenchman. Since that time, and until
the breaking out of the present war be-
tween France and Prussia, General Won
Moltke has been engaged in the study of
bis vocation, and enjoying the deserved
rewards Of eminent ability. He is known
not alone as soldier, but as an author,
having written Der sch-Turkische
Eeldzug lThe Russo-Turkish Cam
paign), Berlin, 1885; " Briefe Ueber Zus-
taende und Begebenheiten in der Turkei"
Letters on the Condition of Turkey, |
lS4l, and in 1859 be directed the official
publication of the Campaign in Italy"
ono"s rnA "iAi~
Wilhelm friedrich karl, the present
King OF Prussia, married the Duchess
Marie Louise Augusta Katharine, of !
oaxe-W eimar! on the llth oil June, lSZ9,
and from this marriage two children
have been born trst, the present
crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Mich
olas karl, born on the 18th OF October, ]
1881 and second, the Princess Louise
Marie Elizabeth, born December 3,
1883, and aiterward married to the +
jrand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig :
'f Baden, :
Prince friedrich Weihelm is Lienten- t
INT General, Inspector OF the First Di-
llsion of the Army, Commandant of the
first Division of Infantry of the Guard,
Jhlef OF the First Regiment Of the
,renadlers OF Eastern Prussia, No. /;
'irst Complainant OF the First Bat i
E the f,andwebr Of tbe Gnard atsacbaJ 7
0 the First Regiment of Foot Guards,
nd the Second Regiment of Grenadiers
f Silesia, No IL; Lieutenant General 7
{ Pomerania, Chief Of the Regiment
{ Russian Hussars, No. IL. and Propri- a
tary oftheAustrianI Infantry. On the25th q
f .faauary, 1858, he married the Prin- a
ess Victoria. Princess ROYAL of Great 7
iritain and Ireland. Duchess of Sake d
orn on the Dist of November. 1910 He q
as two sons and three dauebters b;s (,
Idest son being Prince Frederick VIII a
am Victor Albert horn at Berlin ON p
,e 9th of January 1879 and snb-lien.
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