The Portland daily press., 1870-09-30
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The Battle at Sedan.
BY CABLE.


Especial Correspondence of Punchinel'oI
This paper is the only paper on the planet
which has correspondent at the seat of war,
wherever that seat may be. The following
despatch was sent to us by cable at a total ex-
pense of $21 ,OO0.]
1t was still, calm night; the glorious
moon was sailing through the sky; the river
was running water; the clouds were cloudy;
tne soldiers were soldering l stepped out of
my TENT, and tumbled over Won Moltke. He
| the Crown Prince.
..Mnolty," said |, what's your little gamer"
PENNY ante" replied he.
"Tres bien," added /.
"You are French spy. Ha! hap said he.
grasping my collar. "Ho! hop,
"Dat ish goot," added /.
"Then you're Dutch" sighed he dropping
me like hot pair of tongs.
In the tent we found the King, the Crown
Prince, Gen. Steinmetz, Gen. Sheridan and
Gen. Forsyth.
"MOlty," said !, Introduce me to the King"
"Bill," said he, "this is Jenkins"
Bill held out his foot and took a suck at
his great toe.
Then we went at the game. Bill is pretty
go1d at it, but then he doesn't stand any
chance beside Molly. The Crown Prince lost
splendid opportunity to retrieve his losses, in
came an aide, whoannOunced that the French
had squatted.
"Where?" cried Won Moltke.
GIN Sedan," replied The aide.
Il knew it" said Molly. "Bill, told YOU
they had no horses for regular carriage"
Then we went out. The king invited ma
| to sit in his carriage with Molly and Sheridan.
We reached the scene Of war.
The moon shOne; the mountains were
mountainous; the trees were treey; and the
soft September breeze was breezy. Bismarck
came up and asked the King to let him cut
behind.
"Bis," said stake my seat; I'll take trip
to the French camp"
So tripped over to the French camp and
found things somewhat mixed. The moon
shone. Steadily the Prussian troops advanc-
ed, and with heroism worthy better cause.
the French retreated. The Emperor wanted
to die in the rear of his men.
"Nap," said 1, "you'd better get up and get.
The Prussians are Gaming"
Jenkins" said he, "kiss me for my mother.
Pm betrayed"
"Why don't you have more cheesepots?,
said I.
"I'll surrender said he; "get me white
| flag"
So took one of Eusenie's old pocket hand
kerchiefS which l found in the tent, stuck it
| on the end of the sabre of the nephew of his
uncle. put Nap in the carriage, jumped in my
self, and drove to the Prussian camp. The
moon shone; all nature smiled; the rivers
| were rivery; the Sedans were chairy.
| Bill received us very cooly at first, but
| gave Bis the wink, and lie suggested to His
Majesty that he'd better take the Emperor
| prisoner.
"Nap," said Bill, "is the game up9'
"Bill," said Nap, "you've scored the game.
leave my old clothes TO the Regent. hope
| she'll like the breeches.
| Then he treated to cigarettes, and we all
| went back to our game of penny ante. Nap
wouldn't join US. He said he'd just been play
| ing game with crowns ante, and he was
busted. Wed hardly got the cards dealt
when Bill turned to Bismarck and asked: II
| say, Bis, won't you run over and telegraph
to the old woman something about our
| Fritz?"
| "Let Jenkins CO." said Bis.
| OF course l assented to the proposition.
| "Where the devil is Frtz?" said Bill
"Oh, he's been sleeping for the last two
| hours, said Moltke.
"Neyer mind" said Bill, telegraph victo-
ry by Fritz"
So telegraphed, "a great victory has been
won by our Fritz. What great things have
we done for ourselves! Well keep it up, old
woman.
(Signed) IDLL.v
When l reached the teht everybody was
asleep. Nap was reclining gracefully on the
breast OF Bismark, as affectionately as if they
were brothers-in-law. The moon shone; the
sky was skyey; the hills were hily, and all
nature was getting up.
Anybody who says the above did not come
over by cable. lies, wickedly, maiciously lies,
with intent to deceive. As soon as Jack
Smiths smack sails, I'll send you piece of
the cable it.came over.