The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-09-09

King William. The Emperor OF the French wrote {,
"As cannot die at the hesd Of my army 1 lay my
sword at the feet Of your Nasty
Why Napoleon ID could not die as did thousands
81 his soldiers svord In hand, with his hos 70 Tho
On The r.esipt or this most astonsAlns le.tss
thcre was . bIief consultation between the kings
the Crown Prince, who had come over on the sirtv-
a Of the nag eftruce. Count BirmArck, osncrai Won
Insr 4 NV mi ,utrs' conyersat lion the King at
down ON Q rush bottom chair. and wrote o note on
another chair, held a table by two aides-decamp,
70 the Emperor, begging him To come the next day
70 The Kius Of Prussa's headquarters at Ysndre..
Whils this note was being written. Couut Bismarck
came up ~ Generals sheridan and forsyths and
my sslfsnd heartily shook cur banda :,
Let mo congratulate You most sincerely Count"
aid General Sheridan. 81 can only compare the
surrender Of Napoleon 10 the surrender Of aencrai
Lcc at Appomattox Court House." When II came
help saving. afisr / had congratulated him. "You
cannot but feel pride, Count bismarck, In having
contributed 30 largely 10 the winning OF to-days
victory" a.,
am no stratexist, and have nothing TO do with the
winning OF battles. What am proud Of is, that the
Bayarians, the Saxons and Wurtemburgers have
not only been on our side, but have had 90 large
share-the largest share-in the glory OF the day /;
that they are with US. and not against u.s. That is
my doing don't think the French VIII say now
thai the South Germans will not fight for our CON-
asked Ills EIcellency whether Louis was taken
with his papa and was told that no one knew, and
/ think no one cared where that small young man
Was. ..
When the King had written his letter he himself
handed Il 10 Gen. Reilly, who stood bareheaded 10
receive IL, the Italian and Crimean medas glitter
ing on his breast In the fading sunlight.
Queen yictoria's image and superscrfption have
not oftsn beeu seen on tho uniforms Of men sur
renterng without condition At twenty minutes
% OF ht Gen. Reilly left for the bcteagued town,
escorted by the UhlAns. The -dlster which had
served az fag 81 truce was offered 10 me as SOU
yenir of thai InOst memorable day, but II had
strong resemblance u other busters, and declined
the prodered relic. Then there wS general do.
mani 10 drink, and Count Bismarck's aides-de.
camp produced two bottles OF Belgian beer. One
OF them His Exceliency shared with General sheri-
dan, Gou, fersythe and myself, saying thai he
drank 10 the closer union Of the three great Teu-
tonic peoples.
As soon rs Gen. Reilly gone was anxious
30 be or % the Belgian frontier, In the hope OF get
ting messages through, but Count Bismarck's aid
informed me that II was physically impossible TO 90
that night and that must walt until Dext morning
and even then must be careful not to hll into tho
hands OF the stray French soldiers who were known
% be dispersed In all directions along the Belgian
frontier and 10 he little better than bandits. 30
I slept at the village Of Cherouge.
Early the next morning started Tor belgium,
and as rode along suddenly came first on q
kpot OF Uhlans, then on two FIGURES In the green
and gold Imperial livery. Directly behind them
came the travelling carriage OF His Majesty with
Napoleon the Third, on his way TO report himself
prisoner at King Williams headquarters at Ven
dre,, little dirty village some eight miles from
Sedan,