The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-09-14

| before Beds6; thsir rotfsat would u
esJis nrlishsait itiyl,s J1 faT
On TIC evening 19fs edpesday, irpa
I'5stos8 o'elpSk, + !, wSs NV no tCiasi
Pr56eSss quarters ;at CEsmsry VILLAGE
soass IistsMSn M miles ifom' ssdsan, KUN tost IS,
Southwest on The main road. At half.
fpast6 VAT ssaw thdt there was Kreaj
movement amopg the troops encampee
all. Around us; and we thought at frsa
bIVousess Sas Sooa ske S4th rskFasa| III
mefp6aring through the yjhdge, theiI
bauaplsyipg nis W loht Am Rheie. A.
.ks5shsssRsh atSkg, tithst6eif ssidgina
stride, Isav BY the mems. faces thai
somethiqgt extraordinary was going. on;
Soon tho plain troops Tin, fhAi iEikh.
est possible march 81 order. I'll Stliei,
kushaaeks, ,were left behind, iaaSsrt 10y
wore carrying nothing bdt &skako sfunR
around their Shoulders, except that one
or two bon Hiyaats had retained. their
| But ifEoamp kettles were left behind,
the cartouohe boxes were there, hang
ing heavily ID trent Or the mems Bells;
unbalanced as they ought to be by
kpapsacks. Soon l learned that q whole
Prassian corps, those lent from; PRINCE
Frederioks Cherlos's second army and
the Grown PH1ce's,, were making :fa
forced marcl to the left, 10, the tdireo-
tion of Dopchery and Meyisres, aorder
to shut ib sMcMallon' 3 army Id The West
and to dsiyo, them agsiaststhe Belgian
frontier. j learned from officers of the
Grown Pfincsss staff that sat the salhe
time, while We, were Watching regim4nt
after regiment passing through Cheme.
.ry, the ,Sa3ons@ and Guards, 80, 1000
strong, On the Prussian right, under
Prince Albsfr Of saxany, were also
marching rapidly TO close on the doomed
French army, on the right bank Of the
Meuse, which they had crossed at
Ksmilly on Tnsiday ! the 80.h, Ia the d.
rection Of Ia Chapelle, small village of
$50 Inhabitants, on the road from Sedan
to gutha4siu Belgium, ard The last
village before crossing the frontier. ).
Anything more splendid than the
,nen's narShing would bsS impossible to
imagine ] saw men Iane in both feet,
,hobbling along in the ranks: kind com-
trades less footsore carrying thsir needle.
guns: . Those who were JsctgAJl .ihcapn.
BILE Of putting Upe foat shefoss- another
had pressed ptasants' wngons and every
available, conveyance into service, and
were following 10. the rear SO as to: be
ready fSr;t the; great hsttle whishsall felt
cure would coms, of pn the, morrow.
The BavsriAns, who, It Is genernHy bc..
ltaysa, do NOT march SO, we'll as they
fight, we're Id: the centre, between us at
Chetnery and Sedan, encamped; around
the, woods at La Marfee,. famous for, tho
great battfo in164l, 'ddrihg the Aarstof
the League. ~ go. i'i;.,S Z I !
When I had seen the last regiment
dash through, (for the pace at which
they went can really not be called
marching 10 tie ordinary seussD y I rode
off about a. quarter past, eight ID. tile.
evening gfof Fx1idEe1se, ,Nhafs the King's ):
headquarters were; and whsts ! 5hSpld
TO find house room for. man and Beast,
especially theIatser, ns being far the
most iimpdftaGt Oh the owe ofaA great
battle. WhepI got within about half
amile Of Reharssssj EgSgsns :. : STEADY
trot; Ssharp shalt, rang out through
the clear ,air. ;, Tbrought my h9fsS It's a
stand.still; knowing that Pr6ssian aenL
tries are not u sbss striacd With. AS I,
pulled up, twenty yards off IL heard the
clicks Of ,theiF locks as IS they brought
their weapons to 4 full cook md covered