The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-01

not get into the crowded carriages had cnMoeu
on the top Of them, where they amussu, ,rard- S.
selves by standing on their heads aau ,aire no
ishing their legs. There were NJ nn1 sS1r SITTING
protruding boards that oOys Tses fe train looked
| IKE Buddhist Idol, with housanos oi Rgs
and thousands Of arms protrnoins ID ihcoh-
| ceivable directions. .-u eo,,- ho,rd,oys
There was a young, tall; nesny, oeaLuiess
Arab with fair skn, anu Sai eIie ettenyion n he-
eonse he looked altogether like a woman. The
noonIe- in fact, imagined that he really was
Woman, and the ladies had presented him with
fan, with which he kept tanning himself and
smiling in the most arch and coquett!sh way,
being evidently accustomed to have his lun
with the public. Preached the terminus OF tne
Eastern Railway by short cut before tne
train, but could get in with great difficulty,
owing to the immense crowds by which II was
surrounded. The densely-peopled nelghoor-
hood. the seat of the Berlin shawl manulac-
| ture, had poured forth still greater MASSES
than were visible at the west OF tne lomn; haG
Here the attempt to admit by tcket Unty yybere m
were not less than $4,000 people INSIDE tne sae
terminus. Even the huge supper PlaEe Ph"s raul aul
,be nrisoners was filed to the brim, tnus ren-
dering their passage to their seats eA'ieDe''
difficult. -, .,,, ,,o1ioo ,yare
otn NJ .yaji. only the persuasive powers OF the
.:secI,lar, ladies who presided here made the
crowd Weld. The prisoners got each large
basin of boutelon at rlE, more than quarter
of a pound of boiled beef, bread and cheese, q
pint of beer and cigar, everything tasted
them myself-of the very best quality. AS
eight hundred had been expected instead OF
five hundred, the strongest appetite could be
satisfied. Supper finished, the ladies present.
ed correspondence cards to the prisoners to
write to their friends, with promise that
they should be safely forwarded either to the
French headquarters or directly from Brus-
sels. A greater number OF the French than
was expected could write; for those that could
not the Others acted. 1t rendered the French
extremely at their ease to be waited upon by
so many pretty and elegant girls. who all flu
emily smoke French. When the ladies came to
a Tnrco. they saluted him partly with ".Salen
aleiE,rua:" and the astonished reply, "-Atci-
E,s,,s saLena," was given with the hand on the
heart.
The German soldiers who accompanied the
prisoners were enthusiastic with regard to the
bravery with which the French had fought,
after the Geissberg had been stormed. They
pointed out fourteen men. belonging TO the
Regiment Of the line, VINO were
the whole remainder Of the regiment lett
standing on the battlefield, but who refused to
kept on fighting at the point of the oayonet.
AS the Prussians did not like to kill them, they
rushed at last in a body upon them, and threw
them down wrestling. 'tNous arons che,'che
Ia mort said one of them 10 me. ''comme no
ire colonel, conlnae n0tre general, don't u0ild le
clsevdl." The train had brought the horse of
General Douay.
'sAsk him." said Prussian private, ''why
he thinks they were overpowered."
That was a sagacious question, and the reply
Of the intelligent and well-bred Frenchman
told the tale Of the whole war. 1t vas, 1--WE
we're too weak In number; we had ION an ad-
vanced post) neither cavalry nor sufficient ar
tillery with Us, and finally we had no more
THAT is the thing" said the Prussian; task
him how many cartridges he had got"
eighty" was the Frenchman's reply.
Now tell him that l, who had only sixty.
had forty-tive lett when took him; and tell
him that the strength of an army consists OF
men and Of cartridges, and that firing away
eighty cartridges is just the same as losing q
man. They did very serious damage to us at
the beginning-our regiment lost GOO men; but
Mt the expense of such number Of shots that
we knew they were more weakened than We
were.'
When this was explained to the Frenchman
he said: II knew it loo. but too late. We
never before fought against such troops as
yours. We must no longer skirmish as We
have been accustomed TO"
Most of the prisoners were taken. as skir-
mishers, in q cave which formed their cover.
and where they were cut of by the rapid and
continuous advance OF the Prussians.