The Republican journal., 1870-08-18

Monday he himself was drafted into Cuiras-
sier regiment. Here is u man taken away
from the conduct of his own interest and
from his family, compelled to sacrifice his
substance and to risk his life on the battle
field. OF course his case is not one whit
more deplorable than that of the humblest
peasant. snatchod from his field or his vine
yar,l-both ieopardise their existence for the
Fatherland; but the former, outside that
GRAND eqralizing stake, suffers actually a
Greater material loss than the latter, even
taking into account their relative positions
In the towns, many of the shops are being
shat up; for their occupants are obliged to
assume needlc-gun and helmet and there is
nobody TO keep the business going. The
hotels are becoming torlorn OF waiters--a
deprivation that is mitigated in its severity
by the fact that but few guests are left to re-
quire the ministration of those obliging
polyglottist. The exodus Of foreigners from
something astonishing. Having occasion to
90 over TO Homburg this evening, found
that essentially British settlement in the way
of becoming a bowling wilderness. A week
ago, so the last of the Mohicans informed
me, You could hardly struggle through the
crowd on the lower terraces during music
time; the glass gallery was in a chronic state
Of ''More chairs - and the plav-tables unap-
proachable under an hours Glowing. Now
the gay and glitterng throng'' is composed
of about half-adozen faithful Russians, as
many English, three or four tenacious Amer
cans, and hundred or two of the miserable
natives, making hollow pretence of enjoying
themselves, and risking double florin twice
day to ''keep up appearances" The glory
Of IIomburg the Heights has departed
scarcely to return this year
THE vIvANDIERs.
On the field itself the only women whose
presence is toler;tble are the co11tinicres.
These good dames-thc majority Of them are
sturdy, gypsy-looling women, of mature
age, and by no means resembling the CO.
quettish rtr0ndicrS who are ''true to the
corps in burlesques and masquerades-are
having q fine time of it just now. Yesterday
as a regiment of the line was marching
through the Faubourg ST. Antoine. the crowd
espicd the rir0n0icrs bringing up the rear
of the battalion in Il vehicle remarkably like
a washer-woman's cart, hailing as they say
from North End, Fulham, S. W,-the
chubby horse attached to which she was
driving with her own fair hands, which were
as brown as berries. The cart was rs full
as stewards cabin on board Il steam packet
with good things, from Lyons sausages to
brandy from sardines to kischwasser. There
are not many florists shops inl the Faubourg
St. Antoine; but in the twinkling of an eve
the crowd began to pelt the little woman in
the cart with bouquets, and great hulking
fellows in blouses came pressing to the shafts
to pat the horse and shake the girandicrc's
hand. She took off her glazed hat-a man
of-warS mans hat, with broad brim and a
low crown, decked with tri-colored ribbons,
and beneath which l grieve. for the sake of
the picturesque to say that she wore mob
cap, and cried out, ''Vive I Emperor
NiVe France." in q voice so gruff that it
would have done honor to a drum major
A kindlyhearted little woman this, for in the
front Of the cart were at least seventy KNAPP
sacks which she was carrying for the rank
and tle-probably her regimental pets. A
gallant little woman, assuredly, and with a
stirring history of her own, perhaps. Her
grandmother marched into Grand Cairo, and
when the battle-day was done, administered
comfort from her brandy keg to those who
lay faintng in the shadow of the Pyramid
Her mother marched into Madrid, into
Rome, into Vienna, into Berlin. She
kindled her short pipe from the smoking
embers of the Kremin, and was bayonetted
by a Prussian in the bloody flight from
Waterloo; and the rirandicre herself has
been at the Malakon, at Magenta at Solfarino
at Pucbla. l fancy that | saw her there
with her brown face and twinkling black
eyes, driving her little vain as cheerily as
now. Why not? Who does not remember
Berangers stirring refrain r. '.Rataplan
plan, plan Soldats, VOLTA Catin" Ant
Catin, the cantimi1rc is the only woman,
takeit, who isnot out Of place on battlefield
| TIE GERMAN CONSUMPTION.
When [ arrived early this morning at
Oberlahnstein, that station was completely
blocked up, and the large platform before it
viewed from my carriage window. was :
curious and painful sight, its length, breadth
and depth being densely throngcd with ;
living mass Of true Prllssian- blue humanity
All the male peasants of the old Nassau ter
rltory wear azure blouses and all the fcmalc
blue cotton gowns, more or less thickly con
stelated with white spots; and rs there
must have been at least a thousand of boil
sexes, closely wedged together in expecta
ton of the train that was to bear off thu
1 fighting half of the assembly from its lament
ing moiety, things looked very blue indeed
at Lahnstein. There were the poor, square
faced, sunbumt fellows, trying with u ghast
: ly gaiety to vindicatc their manhood by roar
ing out slaves OF patriotic songs, each coup
Il let supplemented by Il chorus of sobs from
n the women and girls clinging around them
e SO few minutes left, and so much to say be
+, fore the parting that may be the last on earth
SO few minutes, indeed for, ere we startet
in the direction of Mayence, the train boun,
for Coblentz glided swiftly into the station
, already half full of ''mobilisedn men, who
having got over their partings, had rallied
their spirits; and We're cheering, singing
and waving their handkerchiefs as heartily
as if their goal were not a battlefield, but
wedding. Fine fellows, these, in physiqu
a and morale - broad-shouldered, sturdy
: bronzed youths, ranging, | should think
from 20 to 30 years Of age, and most of then
d already provided with some outward an,
n visible sign OF their military calling. A
soon as their train stopped, the poor folks II
:. the station began to kiss and embrace on
e another almost desperately; and | wis
q never again to hear II sound like that whicl
reached me from that platform. 1t was al
S over in minute the men got away, some
e howl dare say they scarcely themselve
= knew how-from mothers, wives, sweet
: hearts, and sisters, who were all thrust bac
: to the inner part of the station; then half
e dozen smart on-commissioned officers, on
}; or two of whom quite simply put their coat
sleeves up to their eyes as they stepped for
S ward, came to the front and told the drat
n off into the carriages; then the miserabl
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