, 1870-10-04

ixere asof.iys, so,mo sha.sss we're III they /
could hring together among the wnole fhmily !
OF nollee. while from our glorious home |
across the oceAu comes The repurt OF = m1hun
,do{fsts already eub:cribsd for the German
wounded ard widows 1nd Orphans. While I
write this the, people under my window
rush 10 eco the L, ,000 French prisonsra on
tier way to the Fortress Spardsll. They arc
to be employed On public works, as Naooleon
I. did wills lis captive Germans. It is bet
ter, 10th Tor the espto1s ana captive. to be
thus mN1oYed. Whilait returns to the former,
to some extent, tbs expense laid ont, it keepa
the lattes's body and mind in heal:hy motion.
which is preferable to the general custom OF
letting prisoners OF wAf brood in close dun
Eeors or crowded bal1acks Ill day long over
their misIortunes. Stxony gets quot4 OF
5,cdO7 Wuttemterg 1000; Bavaria, 10000,
sent prominent POSITION in Germany, on ac-
count Of the fighting qualities which her 8ons
have DISPLAYED on all occasions. They we're to
be seen at almost eyer3 action. At times their
attacks were made with such thouGhtIeas ve-
hs melee as to cause them Immense loesee, "a,
for instance, 1T the battle of Sedan tlleit At
tack OIL the vilIaGe Beaumont cost them 5000
Nl]e ID within the space Of few hours They
were. the 8zst 10 open the batteries On Sedan.
In word, wherever there Is hard fighting to
te done the Bayarizns arc sure to be found
| there The Crown Prince, under whose COM
mand they mostly stand. is vary fond Of them.
On one eccasioa he aceosted u Basarian who
| especially distinguished himself during the
battle. and entered into conversation with him,
/ rraiElng his bravery aud that Of his comrades,
etc. TIE private, dattazed By the condescen~
sion, OF Ais Rc5sl Chief, in the simplicity
Of his mind. returned the compliment "a fol-
lo1s:,' Yes: your Eo5aa Hishness. II, in 1855,
We ttd hsd yoa for our commander we would
have whipped those id P1uaeians TO pieces" !"
The Prince langhingly took the compliment
| and v1mcoee1.
1t appears row that the Eng, Who in hia
babiss is yerv steady, st least Eo the BcIline1a
.esert, has ut the close nt the historical avent
pa:sn. Oh Which occasion ila drank tossts 10
Won Horn ~ ''sl:e ono who ahsrpensd the
ewcTl: TO Noltk.s, " who led it, and to Eia-
EaA1k al ihs one thronSh whose w4se policy
Isuseia, md ~ltL it G+rsuany, occupies nos
.n lonorabic and foremost rank anoug miii-
Ing rriDces, be thanked them for thsir assis-
tancc to sAc accomplishment Of this great re-
SUR. expressing the hope that leuceiosth tha
whole German nation may ee one in peace a.
it was IN var. Tho last zeuazk IVES specially
directed to the Psiices Of Bavaria ant Wut'
temte:g. Nous cerronS.
The psneEs are still full OF the gsea.l5 vary
ing accounts Of the French los-es at Sedan.
The wLicE relisble gentleman Wit
used to report during our late war has already
made his appearance in the German camp
only, nnet say lie c1nnut ply his vocation
hers ~ freely ~ with e.. His 1anciful do
scnptions are often terribly INITIATED By th'
ine1oratle scissors Of the rihiquitous Censor
Oae sling is ccrtaic, however, that the tota
loss Of The French. II psisoners. At Sedan
foots up 81, Goa men. inclusive OF LOCO ottires
in wounded, 14.0oo. Their loss in artiller:
au,ounsB to 400 HELD pieces, 10 mitr .ileuse, IS
heavy pieccs, 10.0esj holses, aud an altnos
endless array Of war nsteria'. History doe
not chow another such t.ctn.e. Six weeks o
var la. melted away ! French army Of 100. 90
well-dEi1lcJ soldiers, like the from behind lh
clouds feappeasirG sun meIts the light-fslliu
snow of . String morning away It il bn
charity and not det1actory to German proves
to say that ali these great and fast succeed
ing tnissortuues that have befsllcn tn
F.ercL ratila were owing more to the coz
rlete zossenness Of the empire and its sssate
lilies than to the want Of bravery on tho pal
OF tue French soldiers. 1t il severe but
warming school through Which Republisa
Frame las to 60 nov. We as RI
suh',cans can but express cur fervent bop
that the third republic, unlike the first an
reenEc, may not exchange again its rynlb i q
freedom With the non rod OF 3 dictator.
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