, 1870-10-21

sauss fs!* htuuoE 1!auSd t'le iea el ~ VI t''o
vcutiou st Geneva
I1e Meu=o Hoss through tie heart of tho
city. a tine ts6re bridge c1nntcte the TWO
ebores. Hear ns,ll.daa,. WEi)c p,ssiag It,
esw some soldiers engaged in fishing with
out what they were after, for before mo wcro
laying hesls OF Chzssepots, swords, piato's,
atd curasscs. The latter are counccted with t
brave hut sad stcv. 4 eho1e Eesiuaent Q:
FRI neh cuit1as;ers, Of their own sccord, anG
without a.y orders. seeing the Germans gain
ono of the t1i:clts .hse receives it's water from
the Aeutc. They paid TOR their foo1lsa1dness !,
With thtit lives fox not enc. either mau or |
Larse, remained alive to tell the stoEy-alt
founs, = watsrT grare-it for no otEer pur-
posc fl.an to give to French, poet, present OF !
lnats amy, also, suffered immensely at Sedan,
especially ths Bayarisns, who reedlessly
rushed into the thiekcst OF tie fight.
Ny stop at Sedan was Of thort duration,
cnls loDg enough to get new lo-ses and sonao
We made our exit through. the sate from which
the road leads to Nezleres. = att.fc fortress
which, hy the way, is still IN the possession Of
the FEfEc1i. On this eide, Sedan and the
piront ding villages presented most de-
pforahlc sight. Tue fne suspension railroad
bridge oyes the Mense was entirely demcliah- i
cd. locomotives vera stau:ing son,a OIL the
track, stne OIL the chaussee-, while others.
vi Ii nu1Et tron= c2:., Tese turned over. aud in
al, rrohali!it: eersed a. . temporary buswa.k
10 the French. Frcn. the top OF the depot
hArgs the onro,,s rclcrnssed tsg, CT. in
in other words, it il. Ike all the churches AMI
largo l.,iltisnSe ali over France. tp.aed into
hospital. Everything around LOOKS tlesn1atc
and drearr. ali sign. of Industry seem to be
l1clirg. but Eow there il on ..,e 1ef: si5a ot
the r:sd to Danche1rs u Large b,i1liug
Inv. T
it, Fs-cflv'd that tho surrounding
TIRE. and :rsun'fs n-tc c,vesats Wit, h,l.-.
OH' FL ri. I",-.silr,t, rel1- u that 'ea stac.
ir 14s'sc'y. Tiir tntv vEprls:sl; nsep!icso., ~
soon AZ tie smoke or the ostfl'a tati cleared
aNa,, re1.ln nrd t.. lsSAt Inc iireh OF his f4c:G-
tho tlnus s.'tls VI horses whic1, tell or we're
HouEdca t!urirg tue iiertc st'ife. As slis fsc-
tcfy is il. the very midst OF the batfle.fnld he
i Ecw -cariaS rich iaTyes', and m1y ha-
cetnr million: ire. This FreI'ct'nnrD certainly
cannot complain OF the hafushlns of war Not
fa1 from tfla factory, to the right, Is the Cas-
| tic III Bellevue. where The interview betwce1
Nal olcnn abt! the kt.E took plscs. 1t IL Of. =
/ hill, and finely fituated- Fnrtaer or. to the
lett, IL Tue llttse hcnsa where Sapoleon anu
D'sma1k had their tffe- f1-tcie II is an ordinary
one-story little yellow building. and wiiilc We
| shrnnG!l the 'nssrumeataltY u tome ambitious
Photographic. .
coSDiT1c,,pf the COUNTRY
From hers tho hean'iiui clsussee leads
alo"G ihe 3lsfne, which it crosses and re-
crcssss ssre'al t'mo@ bs'ere 'es3ing mt
where We attempted u sati-fs o.r huuser
with III me dry bread. which NC had brought
/ alnrE with IT,. The villages heroa!lou. az FAR
| al l,etlal are miserable looking and dirty
| The most At1tct poverty rules over the whole
courtrv. 1ne titids stoT nothing hut here
81. at~+ AL ~
va:;rg tl.s lard Is niuch behiad the age Sugar
he epawi:.ss M Of hunger !. tine wlea t!.ey
can,,ut he made into sugar and salJ. pAiI,
like all tie re4t of the villages b.twcen Ssl1n
aud 1'ari-, Iooka tiestrteIEthose thst L.d the
ncsns e. " wh'cscwi,,s to lave tic country ieft,
wbithsr Enuw not. The pnnr, Tho si:k, AMI
tte nred rem,ipcd behind. if for no other pt,r-
1.pse thar 10 etarr.. Famine. thar greatest OF
iii enemies, is At their doors, brought ab nut
Ly their own rcorlc. wl,o wsnta:liy destroyed
r;uin. straw. mill. III a word cTcrythins il,
ii,c % line Of food for nan m and beast. s' -
Eut csunot thru nv face from this sad
p;cturs, ui,icl, would ren,itl me Of, tho sandy
otse1,s Of Arabs, we're it not fpr tic bcaqsi.
ful surro,,t,disg scenery, the sraccfully tow.
.,;,t. l.;If ,vl"prn fj,n fIncet y,n,rs nrrr ta,r
nto:c ccuutry NAV be i,sd.c Now and the1,
yc,1 se, . rcaaaat rlyiuc lis plax. little clj!.
H., mi,.1,,,1sy u1Srin,- on thn ra,a,;do mn,
In;ni1fn1 ~ tns rrcar hangers tfst -fare tt,ci,
mother. L. Belle France ii .l,e face. w;iic
contemplating such sceres, myself hecane
70 much absorbed in there ltyiii: pea:e-,,;c.
aa! Yon can for no ID i,ica 81 ,be ea II
Eese ,Lat ovtg.akes tso .raycl,cr On seeing rr
uLat iatutII ri misery ibis beautiful c,,u,1tr,
has su.k Tho uaprriu!icsa i,'ge nav con
Gcun tht If fnliy aIt.i weakness. in s,l.tait1iuy
,tgin&: to7 eig;.,uvn year, that has b.ou;h
:. ali ut :Eis uiscry In: lls cannot at t,a sa:n,
t;ms Int ii:re conla.ss;on far II,
veu1le Who at heart ars aoc;ie an.
kind. 1t va, hero at pai1
Nkc,c tue Old pro; rietots 1t q miserable ia;
IN! (el,ere, ts tho nav, little Lula r.s-,l sey
; n1cesrii in = nut.hejl ,.,, truo fcesinrs {: IL
; French county people. T.f;u; u, fur
lrus.ian, the al nTat tnnrtel t.,.. IA ject ysr
tfcic.tcIy. s,yinr that ~ Iii ,,rooI.. ara af.
III. les: on it. sheiz o cuun,rT. Az for hsy
:. il and I'll, n IL. they dout, care ,shethc
their pot4tecs a, left to them" Tho prevail
At s.toLisi inss 1t ma,.y ,.Iaces tley % jons ~ TIC Ge
lieye tu this day get tial Napoleon was take
/ f.risoper and their army tlesfsOre5. Thev .ti]
rIaim the P,ussi,us Eero a1lowel to sivanc
. in order to destroy them at one fell blow
:. A:tsr having rasstl uanr insignificant yj
]arer, and rome more Important towns, sucl
. az Kethel and Tile, We reached ELci,us, I'll
headquarters Of tho champagne couctry, a
!. ahtnt 10 o'clock at night.
: have at, ed wisely q Lot ruuuin. aY.v. in
!, te,aai..iug quietly at home to take care q
. = their homes. Tbs appearance at The ct
:, eloNs hardly ahy intlications ct au cxis,ia
= wsr. \ sirEle regiment O: German tsa,r'
T. suffice to l'sp within bous.tis ITO was;is
If eflf't q Tue Nhelfns pop'la'ion. Inaee5,
~ | tefM to l.Sa 1ny G"nb!a about tile rfe
refI
+ Eavcfes,d snd read, al na'sedn', in tl'
+ French press. of fha great uprising ol II!
~ ~ French ration en- ,nassp, to haraas and +
AZ AZ destroy the entnay, w1,iin here myself an
:, companion have travelled through sc'sn.l
+ almost entirely st1s?Pef ol GATman so!':IeT
=, for over feIty hours, day and night, wit:4o,
~ ~ meeting cne solitary Frame: :ircar On our 1o,
,s Journey. No cnuutrr ia the woE1l could i
.o better adaptea for t;sh~hacktne than shs
II OIL account Of liz many forests and hills th'
n a Yards l,o:h zro capital b; tins-p!ac'
n for bushWi,acksss. Sow.: from Raeits
!. through E:ern1v to- Chasean-Tuerr
10 the road runs ;hio-.l, miles Ct v:seyar,l
ho hho 'r',e country hire ea:led the Valley Of Il
u IL Name j. exceedingly beautiful AMI srnisfs
~ ~ Belgium, sntl many arc tic caetlcs that 10.
w down frogn the Fu1oui:s Of the vinc-c1ail Ii
er into the beautiful. eli ar waters Of tic .I.r1
~ Hers We cssne !of ihe first time upon lol
y traiut OF asnmn::iticn a,4l provision trsnspor
~ WHO With .!,p Eleyc2t]l .Arn,7 Cons xe
=: ccruir from Ssncy. At half.nast three
" the afternoon Of tho oott, NO reached Mea,
: u1,c1. r . IN, M ri tic Eit,'a lea,1ouartt
ns 20 he T.te Eyrr Las hnweysr ieft *. &C..
'er ;rr heYore far f.scrv. AMI from this la,t
~ plzce Tor Fe.rieres, here ;.e now reelc= u I
~ ! ncJc ttan royaf castle e. H.rou As,,tiopsa
to r. ...,.enl';1., r. .z;rn ~n 3:sar;.,.;,1
ali ~: &, 49, ~; IL
r. Tia, s1s d1led wi:l E-,aa uE ill la.crip ptior