Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-24

frenchi $4,000 strong, crossed the
stream eommenced-a furious
assault on the village OF Ligny.
Three times was the Village
taken by the French and three times
was itretaken by the Prussians at the
point Ofthe bayOnet, and after three
hours fighting, with evening coming
on, nothing was decided, till about
seven O'Clock part Of Ney's force
made its appearance on the Prussian
right. Their appearance gave increas-
ed confidence TO their comrades and
Napoleon prepared for a decisive at
tack Milhaud's C~uirassiers charged
at a gallon; in the rear the Old Guard
moved steadily forward supported by
DEolOn's Infantry and twenty squad
rUns Of his Cuirassiers, and the Prus-
slams, unable to Withstand the dread
fnl fire of the artillery and the charge
OF the Cuirassiers, began to give way,
and were Don struggling with their
artillery in the narrow country lanes
in retreat. Butcher made one spIendid
effort, in which his horse wa shot un-
der, him but only succeeded in arrest
ing the hot pursuit of the. Chirassiers.
Wellington, after the battieof Quatre-
Bras, retired on the Forest Of Eoig-
MES, taking up position on either
side in front ofthe village OF Waterloo.
Thither Napoleon followed him to
pay dearly for the hard earned victory
he had gained over the Prussians two
days before.
From Lord MaImesbur5's Mamoirs.1
WELLINGTON AND WATERLOO.
AT the Duchess of RichmOnd's ball
at Brussels the Prince of Orange. who
commanded the first division Of the
army, came back suddenly, Just as the
Duke Of Wellington had 1tlken his
place 1.-THE supper table, and Whis-
pered some minutes 10 his grace, tho
only said he had no fresh orders to
give, and recommended the Prince to
90 back To his quarters and 90 10 bed.
The Duke of Wellington remained
nearly twenty minutes after this, and
then said to the Duke OF Richmond
Il think it is time for me to go to bed I.
likeWiSe;' and then, while wishing
him good night, whispered to ask him r
If he mad a good map in his house.
The Duke of Richmond said he had,
and took him into his dressing-rOOm,
which opened INTO the supper-rOom. d
The Duke of Wellington shut the r-
door, and said; Napoleon has hum
bugged me, by Cd; he has gained
tWenty-tOur hours march IN metz
The Duke of Richmond said: "What
do you Intend dOing27
The Duke of Wellington replied:
Il have ordered the AMY to e0ncen- p.
trate at Quarter-Bras; but we shall
not stop him there; and, If so, L must
fight him here lat the same time
pressing his thumb nail over the pO-
sitiOn Of WateriOol. He then said
adleu, and left the house by another
way out. He went 10 his quarters,
slept six hours and breakfasted, and
ran at great speed to Qaartre-Bras, b
where he met Hardiuge, and went w
with him to BlueheT, who took him q
over the position at Iigny. The Duke O.
Of Wellington suggestedmany altera-E u
tions, but Butcher would not consent
to move a man. The conversation in
the Duke of Riehmond's dressing t.
room was repeated to me, two min
utes after il occurred, by the Duke Ofrs
Richmond, who Was 10 have had 20
charge OF the reserve, IL formed, and
to whom i WaS to have been aid-de- -l
camp. He marked the Duke of Wei
hngtOn's thumb nail with his pencil E
on the map, and we often looked at it b.
together some months afterWard. ra-
On the morning Of the 1Tfh, my
company being nearly in front Of the
farmhouse at Quatrebras, soon after
daybreak the Duke of Wellington
came to me, and being personally "a.
known tQhim, heremained in CONVEX
satiOn for an hour or more, during n
which time he repeatedly said he was
surprised to hear nothing of Biucher.
AT length a staff officer arrived, his
horse covered with foam, and whisp-
cred to the Duke, who without the
Last phnnCn Of 20 H..
some orders and dismissed him. He
then turned round to me and said:
sold Butcher has had a id good
licking, and gone back to Wavre,
eighteen miles. As he has gone hack
we must go, too. i suppose in Eng
land they viii say we have been
licked. Iean't help it; AS they are
gone back, we must go, too He
made all the arrangements for retiring
without moving from the spot on
which ne was standing, and il GER
tainIy did not OeeuPy him five I
minutes. F'- -a
THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH
PRESS ON THE SITUATION.
The Paris and London papers Of the
Sth and 9th inst, comment at length
on the new European difficulty. The II
following cOpiOuS extracts Will show
the position taken BY each; SD Il
THE FTENCH PRESS. z- Of.
From lie Gaulois, Friday, July -
There was no longer an extreme left
there was no longer 4 right, nor were
there any more centres. In the cham
Der, yesterday, there were only
Frenchmen. After the declaration OF
NJ. de Gramm0nt-a declaration no.
tabiy patriotie-there passed over the
assembly a thrill of war-like and ex-
cited feeling. The entire chamber
and clapped their hands. Ladies
in the galleries waved their handker-
CHIEFS, and men shouted hurrah. The
emotion was indescribable. Honor is
safe!
For the first time since the 2Isto of
February, the ministry has today
spoken the only language worthy of
French cabinet, worthy Of the coun- A
try which listened. -
The applause which broke out on
every side during the declaration of
M. de GrammOnt will find its echo in
the nation, and we have some right to
expect that these acciamatiOns viii
suffice to recall NJ. de Bismarck to-
just appreciation OF what we really .
are. q
Let ..us go back a little. Prussia
accomplished the expedition to Schles-
wig-Holstein, and we said nothing.
Prussia accomplished SadOwa, and we
held our peace. Prussia made fresh
annexatiens, and we were still silent.
Prussia made treaties with Wurtem-
burg and with Baden, and we said
nothing. Prussia was the occasion of
the serious difficulty about Luxem-
burg, and we were fOundsconciliatory.
Prussia enthroned q HohenZollern in -
and we said nothing. Prus-
STA has, on several late occasions,
shown that shen no longer respected the
of Prague, and we said moth
and IS a rec0mpense for this
e0mplaeent almost to folly.
NJ. de Bismarck has prepared for rs a
Jarnae eandidature for the throne of
making due preparation to cut
our hamstrings at a given moment,
and to hold US between him and the
az ne held the Austrians
between Germany and Italy.
II we had accepted this last
there is not a we
in the world who would
have accepted the arm ofthe French
man. To-day honor IS safe. If
peace can be maintained, so much the
but if war Is the result of the
Prim-Bismark conspiracy, then still
better. That will prove that the con- ~
iiict was inevitable that it was certain
to break out some day, and that all
the efforts Of decayfng, blind, and