The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-31
WIR NOTES.
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party Of japanese officers, headed by q
Prince of the royal family OF Japan. have
started for the front, accompanied by Prus-
sian escort.
The German forces in France will receive 4
reinforcement of over 100, 900 men by the eH-
ecution of the decree raising the battalions of
the Landwehr to strength Of 1000 men ea.h.
by further lerles.
The Germans are now said to have six hun
dred thousand effective troops IN France, nall
of which number is before Paris. Their total
loss since the beginning OF the war As eslinla-
ted at three hundred thousand.
correspondent writing from Versailles
saws: This town, with Il garrison OF 5000
men, is much quieter ut 8 o'clock in the eve
ming than Portsmouth (England) is at 10
Since have been here ] have. not seer one
drunken soldier; and even The French citizens
own that the Prussian military are vastly
preferable to their own soldiers in this res
Book & Co., dealers in cigars at Havana.
have sent to the oillce Of the Berlin kiaddelTl-
datsch twenty five thousand fine Havana cigars
for the sick and wounded Millions OF cigars
have been contributed, but there are among
them u large proportion OF the ..Smokeil-
yourself, -I-lon't-wsnt-it" brand. This TACT
makes these genuine Havanas peculiarly ac-
ceptable.
The French prisoners at Ingalstadt have
amused themselves by lifting up an amateur
theatre. They are mostly TurcoS and Zouaves,
and are very we'll fitted to sing and act La
Belle Helene" which seems 10 be their favor
lite opera They were polite enough to invite
the German officers OF the garrison; but these,
without an exception, declined, French ope-
ratio performances not seeming TO be exactly
10 their taste.
On account of the rarity with which the Iron
Cross is conferred. the following is singular
coincidence: at Weimar lives the President
W., Z rioT,tain ,ybo hoS fnur i'm the pruS-
sian army, all OF whom have, at different times,
received the Iron Cross as reward for un-
common bravery. There is also noble family
at AacLen. (AiX-La-C -Chapelle,) four Of whose
sons are in the army-two as majors, one as
captain, and one as lieutenant-and these four
have also all received the Iron Cross.
The Berlin papers mention The formation OF
q new elite corps which is about to proceed to
the seat of war They are the reserve jaeger
battalons, and beside volunteers, consist Chief
" of experienced fOresters, who are sure CT
their AIM AS mark of honor the officers set
over them by the King are all persons who
have gained the Iron Cross in the present war.
They are especially designed for the care OF
railways and telegraphs. The first Two battal-
ions are called the Lorraine jaeger Battalons.
General Ducrot has been publicly charged
by Count Bismarck with having broken The
parole which he gave, in common With the rest
OF the officers taken prisoners at Sedan. ana not
TO serve against Prussia. This charge the Gene
ral Us publicly denies. His story is that he only
gave his parole 10 repair 10 Pont-a-Mousson,
and there constitute himself prisoner OF war.
He did, nc says, repair to Pont-a-Mousson, and
did there surrender himself 10 The PruSsian
military authorities. and thus fully complied
with the terms OF his parole. Subsequently,
however, he succeeded in etfectlng his escape,
and, having effected il, has the same right
again to take up arms that any other escaped
prisoners would have. His statement is pluln
and straightforward, and is probably true.
A German Cry for Peace.
Hans Wachenhusen, TIE valiant literary
Uhlan Of the Cologne Gazette, begins to pc