The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-08-26
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News bv Mail from Europe-A Vote
Of Thanks to the Germans in
America.
The North German Consul Gen
eral has received the following vote
Of thanks from Germany to the Ger.
mans Of this country for their sym
pathy with their native land, and the
collection they are making for the
German victims of the European
war;:
Your warm sympathy and active
help in the frivolous war with when
an insolent enemy is invading us,
has truly benefited us in our hearts.
When you left your native homes
your transferred the penates Of your
patriotism to your new country.
There. in the land of freedom, great
by Washington's deeds, hallowed by
the martyr blood of the noble inhex
ible Lincoln, You have not lost the
feeling of communion with US your
German brethren on this side Of the
ocean. In glaring flames of enthu-
siasm for your native land, you rise
against the same Cesarism which
stretched forth its hand for Mexico,
which protected the hydra of Re
belIion in your country, as much as
it could do so, and which
now intends to enrich the peaceful
banks of the beautiful River Rhine
with blood. Thanks to you for this
love, this enthusiasm, dear compstri-
OTIS. Across the ocean we reach to
you, in German faithfulness, the
brotherly hand. Three cheers for
the common mother! Three cheers
for Germania! Three cheers for the
daughter, bright with freedom
Three cheers for America! Thus
resolved at Cologne on the Rhine,
the 26th Of July, 1870, with unani-
nous, enthusiastic applause, by a
mass meeting, held at the Ger
trudenhof. BEssEL, President.
HAUcK, Secretary.
WHY THE FRENCH WERE SLOW IN AT
TAoKING THE PRUssIANs.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: Va.
rious reasons have been given for
the tardiness of the French attack.
We are assured that the French have
been checked by the knowledge that
Prussia means to leave the Rhenish
provinces bare of all sustenance for
any invading force. The railway
will be utterly destroyed, and no
sort of forage or provision will re-
main for French use. At Metz, we
are told, "the army has an order to
carry four days rations in their
knapsacks and eight days rations
in their fourgons." With regard to
forage the arrangement is more diff
ficalt; its transport necessitates an
endless train of all sorts of vehicles.
The whole of the neighboring coun-
try employs its peasants and horses
for this kind Of work. They come
even from Luxemburg and the south
western part Of Belgium, and are
hired at the rate of ST. a day for a
horse and 24f. day per man. At
Metz all the squares, every a5aila-
BILE spot, indeed, are crowded with
these vehicles; and so it is else
where. We shall probably hear to-
day or tomorrow news from Metz
of the advance of the whole cavalry
de Ia garde, and with that news con
lectures as to the beginning of hos
tilities. But the cavalry is to be
sent away simply because there is
not accommodation in the place for
them, and because all the barracks,
magazines, ETC., are to be used for
hospitals and so forth, in course of
preparation. The Emperor is rep
resented as much depressed by this
forced delay. He counted upon
giving battle days before, and his
chances Of winning it have too OBJ
viously diminished, and are decreas-
ing hourly.