The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-08
THE GERMANS 1T ST. CLOUD.
A Graphic Description.
Herr wachenhusen, writing to the Cologne

Herr Wachenhusen, writing to the Cologne
Gazette from st. Cloud, on the eoth, says:
One day Is much like another here. On our side
the most peri, Ct silence. according TO order3 on
the French side the greatest animation. Ihey
dig and scrape until blood gusheS from their
fingers, and OF an evening they Sing before our
ewes their cancan and their "Marseillaise," ana
other pretty songs, Up and shout nall the nlgnt
until we are tired Of 1t, and are as merry as II the
world had never treated them better than now.
believe the C0rps-trancs and other volunteers
have already plundered nall the su9aros, m aha mo
stolen articles that were yendi1le; they nave,
therefore, q glorious time OF II. The mob amuses
itself, and The heroic youths, the 0antIS and
petit creres OF the boulevard, give themselves up
to gallows humor, which Will last until every
thing becomes topsy.turvy.
Yeste, day and the day before we observed some.
thing like O cloud OF smoke, from which at times
some lets OF flame shot up. lr WAS SAID " De tne
Bots de Boulognc OIL fire; but it was in quite
nurtheasterly direction, and, judging ny ltS uura-
tiLn it must have been very destructive. Yes
ierday afternoon. when our. outpnst5, aPer len
days' service We're discharged, the chassepOts ac-
corJlny to their custom, INDUCED In paroxy,m
They nred wildly at US. the caunons OF tlle Iorls
were laundering the whole afternoon, aud II any
holy merely raised his head above the level 0 the
battery dozen balls Or 80 IL This a,
ner-less 80, Of course. In battles. Perhaps they
were celebrating the fall Of s rdsbonrg, which
they must have learnt yesterday. Tile invest
ment Of the capital ID so hermetical, even ior up
have vaiuly tried to enter Paris. Their passage
was refused on our Side and boch must amuse
themselves at Versailles as best they can. our
position a. st. loud Is the most delicate IN the
whole line OF siege. Not because the charpie
which the Empress and her ladies plucEed WIN
their delicate hands lying there; not because
every thing reminds one OF the si;Lden- anu con.
temptIble fall OF dynasty which so -pervefseiy
daot hpC1Q9e
supposed that there are subterranean commune
cations with Paris, by which Intercourse Is car
ried on, and which must be detected.
have already told you that wherever we
enter abandoned villages and towns Ire @ caocSs ;1
dlcate the hour At ST. Cloud this silence mas lts
peculiarly Interesting feIture. found CLOCKS on
the console tables OF he Imperial chateau which
Ith Seplelnber.n The end Of the week was thus
also the end of the dynasty. It Is pity tnat tue
splendid grounds have gone 10 rack. The MOWERS
hang down their wlthered heads; the pheasants
run about the park and look In vain Tor the hano
that used 10 feed them. In the apartments Inc
finest pictures are torn from their frames, proDa-
bly by the faithful servants. In the hunting
box still hang two oil paintings, In Whlca
the handsome Eugenie, on horseback, surrounded
by picadors and matadurs, Is depicted as pre-
siding over bull fight our pa'rois. OF course, ss
are stationed In the park. The reservoir IS also
surrounded by them. The patrols In their nuts
display the most varons STYLES Of buildings.
Some are wigwams, some straw huts, some
Swiss c!ialcts and others French COT agts ue ,,.,,
stand close together. spent all yesterday VIII,
our most advanced patrols. They are comloria'
bly, settled under the trees, AMI one nilgnt lh'
dnlge ia the preitlcsS iIy!l mt lor tle i,a rleE
gren lies sweeping by aud over u, the tnutlusi is
Of the guns nterruping our talk every rse ,ala'
utes anG rhe mon1tonO,ls cIatter Ur the ceeSse-
nn,s 90 rren,IentIy breaking The thread OF conyer.
SltlOn.