, 1870-09-22
The H1htnrNN.

The French appetite for picturesque char
acter Is happily Unsuitable, aud tho artistic in-
sight OF the spectators Of the war has not
failed to pick ont parsonage whose individ-
uality is very m5rkod one indeed, partaking,
as it does, Of half melodramatic ana half h1-
morons type. This is the prussian Uhlan. He
il q horse soldier ! lancer aul the warriors
OF his name with whom wo lave hitherto been
most familiar were the austrian Uhlsns, in
their ecanty white tunics, their tight blue pan
Uhlan Of 1870 seems destined to till, il. .Cronch
Legendary chronicle, the place which, during
the inyasious Of 16ll-15, vas occupied by the
Cosaack.
He is great traveller. Nancy, Bas-le-Duc,
Commercy, Rheims, chalons. St. Dizier,
Ian makes himself quito at home. and drops
in, entirely in q friendly way, on Mayors and
corporations, asking not only himself to din
ner, Int an irdetinite number OF addition Il
Uhlans. who, he saya, my bo expected hour-
'y- The Uhlau wears bfuo uniform, turned
affixed streamer intimately resembling
very dirty white pocket handkerchief. Some
times he hunts in couples, sometimes he goes
in tarees, and sometimes in lives. When he
lights upon villase hc holds it to ransom;
when he comes upon s city he csp'ures it,
making ii literally tho prisoner Of bis bow
and spear. 4 writer in Blacktcoods .Naga-
zine cnco drove tho people OF Lanca-
shire to msdness BY declaring that in the
rebellion Of 1745 Manchester "was taken
bT Scots Sergesnt and a wench = but It IL 3
notorious fact that Nancy submitted without \
murmur to five Uhlane, and that B.r-le-Duc
vas occupied by two- When the Ghlan ar
and makes his nsual demand for meat, drink
and cigare. II bis demands arc acceded to, he
accepts ever, thing With grin. II he is re-
fused. he remarks, likewise with grin, that
he will como again tomorrow with thrco thou
sand light ho1eemen, aud he saliops away
but in many cases he does not return.
The secret OF the fellows success lies main
y in his unblushing impudeuce. his easy men,
daclty, and thzt intimate knowledge OF every
highway and byway Of the country, which,
thanks to the military organization Of tho
Pluselan amy, he has acquired in tho Iegi-
the precursor of an immineutly advancing
army, when, after all, he is only 3 boldly ad-
venturous free lance, who has ridden thirty
miles ACROSS country on the chance OF picking
up something in tho way Of information Or
uctnsls. Only ono more touch ls needed TO
complete the portrait OF the Uhlan. His
vcritahlc namo would seem to be Hans BRETT
mann, aud his vocation that Of . bumuaer =.
and BreltmAnn, we learn from the preface to
Mr.. Ieiands wonderful ballad, had proto-
type in regiment Of Pennsylvania cavalry By
the name = q Jost, WHOSE proficiency in bum
Sighting, and drinking lager beer, raised him
to pitch OF glory on the Federal side, which
excited ut once the envy and tho admiration of
the bo'dest bual,whackars, and the gauntest
gucuilias in the Confederate host. -,
For the rest, The Prussian Uhlan does not
seem destitute OF many human traits. At
some village Post Office The other day he WAS
very particular in making regulations for
postage stamps, and wanted them OF I'll pro-
cutable colors. The Postmaster expressed
wcro no longer OF auy use In \ prov
ipoe which King William hsd declared to