, 1870-10-09
Colne,ncnccs In the Pms, and present.

(0kHelHcnCck In the Pns! ana krcscnts
The editor Of Old and 1yttr, Introducing the
''Eaamincr' department. OF the October
1umher: thus refers 10 hlatory repeating
i:self, with differences:
1t il curious enough, and s3d enough. 10
t...ck that nj passage Of Napoleona uSu 80: -.
q t1sa5 u more carefully wrought than bis
tecount Of Sabinus defeat W t...,..c "".' ...5 -,
liz naen il the passes OF the Araepnes; Of
Iulntua Cicero's gallant defence Of his own
camp there; OF the sweeping down Of the
German tribes for plpnder thete and Of Ca.-
ear Z summary revenge for all these insults.
One wonders whether the fallen Emperor haa
yoEt OF Chsans, he rode salidls through the
Leleian parts Of tlis forest, from Sodan to
FetEitts. and whether lis old studies re-
tuErcd to him.
Melancholy enough to read at such q mo-
went Of Tie fate Of the wreck Of Sabinus' gar
;;1eca, aftes they had struggled back to tleir
.te'csed caup- Lucius Gotta and most Of
their camp; Of these, L. petrpdIius. the
stanaarl-beAter, finding himself pressed by
hest 9f eneniss, threw The eagls within tue
foEtltications, and arlied bravely lighting on
the onteiae. The rest stood the siege with
difficulty till night. In the night all OF them.
10 man. 4sspainng Of safety, killed theua-
heivcs.' That was VET in those days for i
Leisaguered Sedan, For fallen Princes, the
standing text is,
"sTcet arc The uses OF adterstty.r
That Il doctrine from the same REGION II
vac IN this came forest OF Ardennes, whose
dtaies were too much for poor MacMahon
Ard Bis men, that the exiIed Duke in "As
You Like II proclaimed that gospel to all ex-
ltd Princes. II nust have been hard In
tho.e days in the forest 10 find aur sAmi7s
on the htAn or in the ranks to cheer tie
biscuac b. singing,
Under the greenwood tree,
Who loves IN lie with me,
Here shall be see
No enemy,
Dut winter anu rough weather.
The parallel 0; to-day with the A1dennss Of
sbaktp+ape'. Frenclmen, who could not got
back from the forest to their homes, seems to
stop "hete .-..
" puks frs.'s;l:k," four Fntz,t "heastnz how
Men nf great wealth rcso,,ed to this forest,
Addressed rni<htr power, which we're On fSct
His br,ther here and put hiin 70 tie sword:
Auh 10 the sIlrta Of this Wild wood be came
When the Dstke Frederick in the slav came
70 far,-ssy to Ctrignan or sedau.-g.e found
i religious man, who tieeuaded him from his
entt!p,sse: but, unfortunately for the rnnces
80 A1dennes. in the isst month,-whether
soldiers. philosophers, or foole.-onr Fsitz
cucuuotered no such 1erton. and the denoue-
mint OF our "An You Like It" has been cif-
tereut-
II the Emperor trTned to reading Cpsar
sh-re,. he found cu.soaa passage Just in
Cast's description Of that region. He
ss.a: '.Since have corae to this place. it
viii be t1t occasion to speak Of the manners
Of the Gauls aad the GermAna, and Of the
ciaererces between there nAtiors. In Gaul,
not only sIe there factions in every city. and
1e every village snd locality. but In almost
every houte: and there are c1Iiefs Of these
factions, who are thought Ly their osa men
to have supreme authority" Then he con-
:rasts this with Germany. "When anf one
af thesz Princes says in council thzt ha will
irsd au expedition, thoee who choose to fol-
low him proclaim it: shey rice st once, II
promise their help. and are applzuded by the
multitude II ans OF them fail to follow
aim, they are ranked 10 traitors and de-
seste1s nr is al,S faith ever given to them
again."