Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-09-27
The disaster at LaoI after its sur
rnndpr to the Prnssians was the work

render TO the russians was the WORK
OF French artillerist, who fired the
magazine. The insanity of one man,
not the desperation OF an entire gar
rison, led to the crime, and the crazed
individual, not the unfortunate nation,
is responsible for it. If the rash man
meditated revenge, he failed to OBJ
tain it, for of the victims of the disas-
ter only As were Prussians, while 300
were his French comrades.
The Baron Henry Won Nathan, the
well known African traveller, writes
from Tripoli to the Allgemeine Zeit-
ung as follows:
Il am daily reading in the newspa-
pers accounts of the dreadful cruel
ties committed by the Turcos upon
the wounded German prisoners. |
am not at all astonished at these re-
ports. The Turcos, for the most
part, consist of inhabitants of the Ca
boul, well known as the most brutal
and ferOcious nation of the North AT
rican tribes. In the Caboul campaign
Of 1857 the captured French prison
erS had their limbs torn from them,
and the wounded had their eyes
plucked out and their noses and ears
cut off by the women Of Caboul, and
every manly heart must DO filled with
indignation to find that the French,
who call themselves a civilized nation,
should employ such bloodthir8ty men,
whose instincts are we'll known to
them, in war against another civilized
nation, and hound them on against the
Germans. But the day of reckoning
does not seem far distant"
The German soldier is nothing
without his sausage. 1t is of more
importance to him than needlegun or
anything else, and the government
acts accordingly. Just now it is sup
plying the army with a new sort of
sausages made of peas-meal, onions,
spices and bacon. 1t will keep for a
long time, and only requires to be
! placed in hot water to be fit for eat,
ing. 1t is toothsome aud nutritious.
The story of the Third Napoleon S
career, commencing at Strasburg in
1882, and ending at Sedan in 1870
and thus embracing nearly 40 years
of exile, patience, conspiracy, adyen
lures, Imprisonment, escapes, politi
cal maneuvres, palace life, victorious
war, and successful craftsmanship, is
without parallel in history, and is on
| ly possible with one whose character
| is also without a counterpart among
the remarkable men of ancient or mod
ern times. Behold the contrast!
few weeks ago at the head of one o
the most powerful nations of Europe
"a nation he governed almost a
will to-day, prisoner of war, de
throned Emperor, despised and con
temned by his late subjects Such i
destiny.
An English writer of French pro
clivities finds a parallel for the pres
ent strait of the French nation in til,
position Of Spain in 1S0S. At tha
period the Spanish Government, a
represented by Ferdinand the Seyent
and his ministers, had been overthrow
by the First Napoleon, and Josep
Bonaparte had been declared to b
> King tf Spain by his brother, the die
tator OF Europe. One of the first oI
; erations of the war had been to plac
y the Spanish capital in the hands c
, the French. and several Of the strong
est fortresses in Spain had been seiz
ed by the French before any efectua
! resistance could be organized. Tn
Spauiards were defeated in almos
every engagement; yet, with thes
advantages on the part of the invs
, ders, they failed to conquer Spail
l and were ultimately driven back int
France, closely followed by the armle
} Of England, Spain, and Portugal.
r The latest report regarding CanrC
2 bert is that he is organizing an enter
/. prise in northeastern France. If thi
- be true he must have escaped froI
: Metz, as it is certain he was shut u
D in that fortress along with the arm
D Of Bazaiue. If he has escaped, wit
5 any considerable force, he may civ
Y King William no end of trouble b
9 preying on the PruSsian line Of con
: munications. With so long a lin
g there must necessarily be some wea
= points, which a commander Of the 81
r gacity and skill of Canrobert wouI
f know when and how to make Il
=. most Of 1t is indeed matter for wor
der that the French have shown 5
o little enterprise in this direction her
> tofore. A partisan corps could mab
hot work Of the railway lines, aide
n as they would be, by the inhabitant