The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-03
. PRUSSIA IN FRANCE.
Asund.y Scene at tversailIes--The Great
Waters Playing Before the King.

versailles Correspondence London Times, Oct 81
For some time there was nothing to do but
to walk about and enjoy the sun, winch ofoke OUT
of the clouis all hot and fervent. as II IN mid.
summer. The foliage Is now In It's greatest
beauty. but the slightest touch OF the Invisible
fingers Of the wind scatters the leaves IN showers
and thins the screen OF rich russet, orange, req
and brown, which yet hides me trunks anu
branches Of the forest trees. There was living
margin to the two parterres, clear Of people to
whom the fish were an attraction, and the Alec de
rOraugerle and the Alec des Trois Fontames
were illed with saunterers. Another mass,
toerably compact, grew up along the front
Of the terrace enjoying the spectacle Of
their fellows below, and looking out on the
Tapis Yelt Of the Grand Canal In placid enjoyment
Of scene not often to be met WIFI amid d tae re-
ed, particularly the French, when some great peo-
pie arrived, just dropping 10 without iormalty or
attendance-no aides or officers OF ordonnauce or
Orderlles-snd walked about or stood chatting
with their friends. DIs that really Won Moltke sn
"Whereg "You see that tall thin man without
any moustache or whiskers, his hands behind his
bacR-the officer with the grayls hair very short,
aud face cut with many fine lines, his head
slightly stooped, the eyebrows pronounced, and
the eyes deep set? There ts the man whom the
Junkers OF Berlin called the old schoolmaster.'
Whist lesson he has taught the Austrlans and
French - as that the strategist who caught Ben
edeG In vice at koniggratZ. nouselrapped ia.
zaine at Metz. and net;ed an Emperor Marshal
of France, and $50 900 men at Sedan, and VINO ls
now angling for such an enormous 13o prize as
graves "He is always so. But there, you usee,
strlding through this crowd, Is very different
looking person." "Yes 4! who is tnat frank, smll-
ing major OF dragons: he comes TINS wayne
officer in the white cap and yellow band, dark
blue or nearly black double-breasted frock coat
with yellow collar, taller than the tall officers
around him 81 "That ls Count Bismarck" There
r wherever he ouGhea efs ana pad, naes Is
Americans-General Burnside In plain clothes,
General Sheridan, General Hazep 0nd General
Forsyth, &, uniform, but Without swords. You
hear mis- laugh above the murmurs OF the croWd,
and the wave OF sound In which lls nanle, DIE
marcI, Is borne How heartily he shakes hands
with them, buoyant and free, elated as some ofl'
Ger might be who had just won promotion on
battlefield. All the world knows the soulless IKE
out Of ToGa ta lake ali
must have actual experience Of the peculiar viva
city, or rather penetration OF his glance, as It Is
emitted from under those tremendous shaggy
eyebrows, to measure the power Of his face-the
one grand overwhelming force Of which Is. to my
mind, intrepidity-an immense audacious cour-
AGE. physical and m.ntal, and q Will before
which every obstacle must yield or oe turned.
ans Gsopss saps and
account as long as he was 10 DC seen' tue rrince
Of Hohenzoern being, however. an exception 10
lady called him. aludIng to his blonde com ;
peXion and hair; and, indeed, to use SCOUTS
words OF CaverhSuse, his face Is s1ch an one "as
limners 1--we to paint and ladies 10 look upon.n
There were men OF note there, too-Generals OF
renown and the owners Of names which history
will nuke famous; anu there were Princes, Grand
Dukes, and Dukes waiting for the King
and his star-she reigning Duke Of Coburg, the
Prince (Herltier OF WurtemberG, the young
Erbprlnz of Mecklenburg Strelts, two Royal
Dukes OF Wurtembarg-the Duke OF Augusten.
burg and something or othermI believe the Er9.
prinz of Weimar, Prince Adabert aud Prince Al.
hrecht, General Vo!gts- -RhetZ, General Won Krcn-
bach. Colonel Won Gottberg, and hosts OF others
coming "tu see the waters play before the King"
Amid the galaxy OF uniforms and orders you
looked in vain, however, for Srider-waisted,
broad.hacked guide; you missed the gorgeous
cuirassier, affecting extra ponderousness as he
| Changed along the gravel-the martial fnppery Of
the Hussar OF the Empress-the splendid Cragon-
| Vert, with his leopard skin.fronteu helmet, the
perfect turn out OF the Horse Artillery ymen Of the
Guard; you sought in vain for the elegant ex-
| tracts OF Paris which were to be scen on hand
! Sundays-the Rrtsettery and soubrettery of the
| metropolis Of pleasure and its beaus, mingled
With the delegations Of all the nations OF the
earth. Men In blouses, mob.capped women, nur.
ses and children, small sprinkliug Of gentlemen,
ladies' aud bo,a0eoiSte, and the mechanics Of the
| water works, woman with cakes and wound
Ell soldier, represented France at Versailles