, 1870-08-18

the Virgin chapel Lighted up, as it is ever:
night now, Wisl, bcores Of tApers on tue ,s,.a.
Gnlar "ot'des+ frame Affected to the i]yurin,-
tory he.yice Of the shrine, and arou,,l s,,.
about literal crowd Of kneeliug women =, !.
gagged in silent prayer.
"A Gcrman correspondent of the New Yo.k
Tribune Thus describes the French Amb.-,s-
dor Eenedeiti's last interview with King VII
lam: "'Cn Wednesday mo1uiug .l,e E.n..
MAS taking his usual walk On the rromenale'
among the ottes visitors At Ems, in tue CON.
| rsry Of two or three gentlemen. uappen;u.
II lErn my head, l slw that tha Einr h.;
L. ca fastened ufon br short, fat figure,
WHO WIS gesticulaticg and talking With tle
utmost a IT., animat'on; | asssd ,:. the bystsnd-
light-brown summer dress, with bis
hair cut close to the head. lmt
could get 70 satisfaction. His live,iness
struck re Al very strange, It formed such =
contrast to the quiet manners Of the King.
With my eye. The conversation did not cun-
time much longer; the King spoke : few
words mildly to the little Italian, ~ took
Linn to BE-, made parting motion with lis
land and Lis hat, aud pursued his way to tho
house where he lodged; The little maa
heel, and, feeling in his b,esst- pocket, drew
out paper which he gave to ono Of the gen.
tlemen that accompanied the King. And this
little peppet.pot. ~ Afterwards learned, WAS
not 4n Italian. brt = Corsican, and his name
"A Detroit paper, = few days ago, asserted
that 1 fAnoua passage in SApoleons despatch
about Louis picking up bullets 1aalls, in
French: Son cat'ne q procurement e,nu les
soh'dts," G. His coo1ness profoundly moved
Tue soldiers, which is much less absurd than
the common but incorrect translation ti,at
rer,cscnt. the soldiers az - weeping" As 10
mail bringing the text Of the despatch hal
reached any OF the Atlantic ports At the Tina
this or1ection VAS Published, We were pug
zled to irossine how the text gould have got
did bring the despatch, and this is the way W.
Of, "Le Rapsen.s du fetai :" - II > a Jes SOL
dats q.' plet4raisnt en- le royans ii cdln,s.''
-Ihe Opinion \ Adtsona1e Tells tho following
aneedote rs appropriate to this time. Whether
authentic or not, ITS prophecy is III I fair way
to be rcalizcd: ,..It was about the end OF
April 1867, ut the time when the Lu1em-
bourg affair had assumed a decidedly wariiko
aspect A half dozen Of persons of high rank,
chiefly Generals, we're dining At berlin. At u
Princes table. In drinking the champagne,
war was spoken OF; it was considered ~ in
esitable. We'll, gentlemen, said the P1in g,
rising, let us drunk to Prussia with this good
FreEch wine. We want siz weeks to moblIiz,
our army and mass it on the Sslr: one month
10 pasa over French bodies, enter Paris, there
dictate peace and Eaisc the contribution of
war lhe plau is capital. We shall have re-
tu1Ecd by the opening Vi the huuting gseasou ~
lit Ii said that General Won FAlkenstein
has arranged Al elaborate system Of te1o-
graphic communication with ill the stations
along the rrn,aiau cuast A portion OF ;Ls
trencA teet having appeared on SkAgcu GU
ftsdae, the General was Informed Of thS cir
ca1lstancc rom various quarters within
few zecouIt-
The t'cn'ois gives list OF the Danisl,
Eeet. : hich it hores will ere long cooperate
Min i:e tzench- 1t coueists Of one screw
e't-alar OF 300 horse power and s,xty-four
guns, five fnEates, averaging thisty-two to
nifty guns one corvette, afMo1-clad. Of fif-
teen guns three coryettes of twelye guns
seven iron gunbo2t. Of two guns.
Tie Ee1lln journals. under the heading Of
The Last Affair" publish the following:
Yesterday. At - IN the morning, the nee,lts-
gun furnished new proof Of lis superiority
over the Chassepot- Six sharpshooters O. the
Seventeenth OF the Meck1cnburg Iandwet.E
stopped, at j distance of 1900 metres, tAs
whole corps OF Marshal McMahon. which was
debouchipg from sa1eguenlines. After a
well-susta1ned fire our men, noticing that i.
was ainner time, sat down By common accord.
Du ing their meal, which lasted about twenty
tive minutes. they saw the French bullets (all
harmless St their feet. Not soup-tin wAA
tUucEed, hut the object Of this reconnpitsriuc
expedition vas fully attained. The six men
disappeared.
Tosed. On the 18th Of August, 1872, gen
t1eman named Renard offered TO the National
Assembly machine OF the sort by which on~
man could, in second, t1ta ninety Shots
The Aonueur OF that date, announces ,ia.
the invenllOn was referred to the Military
Commission, and there's IN end Of It, lii
ISIS y locksmith invented and exhibited kind
OF machine which hn chose to cal bullet
pump" It also disappeared after TINT
without attracting nutlce. 1n tie exhibitor
NJ b-.+-
ing1nen. 81 rsSa M he"'a e,ed ahoTsl Al
Of Men" by which 5000 bullets ii could
lie fired per minute by three petepus, isl
tesenteen barrels. II. Eerlault and his in.r.4-
tion bare alike been lost sight Of. u. ie.ro;
conceived the idea Of three sorts Of utr.;I-
ltuser, all worked by compressed ait. Thu
irst two fred bullets,- and the unIy ti1tYeteheo
Letween them was that the one was stationary
anu the other movable. The other uas srit
OF talisfa, and threw stones, tirs. Or auy uther
projtctile to annoy The enemy. The fullAw-
ng year, 1869, the real mlt1ailleuse Vs. dis
covtrcd- Whist are its powers in war yet tu-
naiu to be proved The PtAss;au5 have al-a
some machine Of the sort = model Of tn.
form they Use was exhibited At the exhibition
ct 1867. 1t il believed that It could no: uru
me1e than 1c0 or :a.tO balls minute.
The following advertisement appeus, il
the Cologne G4xstke Of July AZ:
- REWARD or flI7T fH4LERs-To the t:trs1ln
vito assl lakes Tusco, IN vr'ter 10 sh2v MN III
iolty tha!ris will te gwen II tie said rnErD u:
tsien with TIC ~rtI-kn1wn car. Which. NE u,ller-
siaEd. each keeps Oh lts kaapsack.~
--Mntshal Le Esuf, on proceeding to tis
front. made the following speech to the SIX
young tiardes Mobiles, hls Secretaries ..Grrt-
tlemsn, we are beginning the canpai:n
will live well when circumstances are 11sorl-
Bile when We can ght 1othing, ..hici1 NAV
happen, w will buckle our waisttapt, il
tightly. 1uu will have much work au.l ii:,is
re1t, my esteem, the certainty Of tein. t.-af1l
t. yolt country, and, On the least inil-c1e-
ton, ball through your head !aua now.
The New. York Worlds Iaris cor,cspoa.
dent tass: AZ the Grand Opera, las: night.
the yaht crowd ychemcntly demanded 1i,.
NAEse1l1aise.' And uo~ d queer. incident hap
pened. About the sanse time + brilliant rc:.-
,aent Of infantry Vas passing along Tie Bottle
yard des Italiena and Laltea few mu:nrnt..
lhe manager Of the Grand Opera hurriest mt
Ard brought III about no Of these soIuers auj
ststioueo them On the stage, whete thew we're
nilglcd with the crowd Of Massaniu1io's Neg
p"i'tan neuireetionista. When the cns,.it.
a1ose and revealed this enormous Chorus, ~
largely made up Of bona Jiie soldiers. Ii. en-
tlus'aHni o. the audience MAS. something u1;t..
They laughed, shouted, luz
xaed, stamped. waved their hats and under
these csrcnnstauccs Fause advanced AID be-
san tie war borg. He waa dressed in tue upi-
Eo1M 81 the Garde Mobile, and made remark
sbly handsome soldier. 10 hear him eiu. tbs
Aa'Eei]!:lse' is worth - long iourney, iis
LIRE" hla WEule tund Of lsa:1los, grandeur, anil
J power into it When he clasps the
III the chorus kneel with him, aud tlen lLs
auaieEce !ietens bresthlcssly. When he ri-e7
Erctn the kueeiing posture tic ontburst is sA-
solutcly tremendous
The Pans cotrespondepcs of the London
Times Gays: '' NJ About las Just given L. .
most arusing. account Of the defeat Of the
Eaden iecpLnotse ance in front Of Nietlettsoan,
Etlcll he- iustty calls ! foolhartly affair six
Grand Ducal officers, with ten or Adozeu men.
actually marrled tkirty-t8o Kilometres {up-
ward u twentv miles) into the euemy's c";,4l-
~, mailing tElr ohserystfots and cleaning,
rot At night tine or in d:.suise.
but IN broad sunlight ard full uniform fu-y
CROSSED TN SuEaay morning uea- L11,e1an-s,
we're sean hy numbers OF people, Get tie ;elr-
gIzph wires 1t Huntapseh Station. while th'
INHABITANTS we1e At church, passed the day i'll
EdlnE about the country, and we're not canEnt
rnitl Monday morning, when they were eIr-
EI1sed vhile at breakfast in farmhouse
hey rushed to their bo.ses: there w2s
pretty hand to-hand combat, such - Wouyer-
1ans we're outnumbered and taken at disal-
Esn0gei one officer was killed. four Other
eiacers were taken prisoners. tHo Of them be-
rs wounded Zone Of these since died1, aud
me E11fh escaped-it IL aalt on tfench
roop- horse, hi1 Own having been killet Ii the
fntay. 1t WIS very brick. picturesque SORT
IT AFFAIR altogether, and Il About Justly re-
marks that it reminds one of tho fantastica1
Feats of D'Atsarran and Lis companions or
,oue other daredevil herots OF Dumas TO
uances.
Tho two scns ct Count Blsuark form part
II the FIRST Dragons Of the Prussian GuasI.
The kicE Of Prussia has received from II.
d penIeim, ; banker Of Cologne, one million
i ihs1ezs A. contribution tovard the ex-
cuees OF the var
=1ta Eleucb uatinpal suhacrintion II, SaIs