The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-10-01

On receipt OF this most astounding letter, there
was a brief consultation between the King, the
Crown Prince, who had come over from his bill
on the arrival of the flag of truce,) Count Bis
maIck, Generals Won Moltke, and Won Room.
After a few minutes consideration the King sat
down on a rush-bottomed chair, and wrote a note
on another chair, held as a table by two Aides
de-Camps to the Emperor, begging him to come
next morning to the King Of Prussia's head
quarters at Vendres.
While this note was being written, Bismarck
came up to General Sheridan, General Forsythe,
and myself, and heartily shook our hands. Let
me congratulate you, most sincerely, Count -
said General Sheridan 81 can only compare the
surrender of Napoleon to that of General Lee at
Appomattox Court House" When it came nv
turn to grasp the Chancellor's hand, | could not
help saying, after [ had warmly congratulated
him, You cannot but feel a pride, Count Bis
marck, in having contributed so largely to the
gaining of to-day's victory" "Oh, no, my dear
sir was the mild answer, Z" am no strategist,
and have nothing to do with the winning OF
battles. What L am proud of is that the Bava.
rians, the Saxons, and the Wurtemburgers, have
not only been on our side, but have had SO large
a part-the greatest share-of the glory. That
they are with us and not against us, that is my
doing. L do not think the French will say now
that S ruth Germany will not fight for our com
mon Fatherland."
l asked his Excellency whether Louis wa
taken with his Papa, and was told that no Ont
knew, and then it was evident that no one careC
where that small young man was.
When the King had written his letter, he him
self handed it to General Reilly, who stood bare
headed to receive it, the Italian and CrimeaI
medals glittering on his breast in the fading sun.
light. Queen Victoria's image has not Otter
been seen on the uniform of men surrenderino
without conditions.
AT twenty minutes to eight, General Reilly left
for the beleagued town, escorted by the Uhlans
The buster which had served as a flag of truce
was offered to me as a souvenir of this most
memorable day, but as 1T had a strong resem-
blance to other busters, L declined the ~proffered
relic. Then there was a general call for some
thing to drink, and Count Bismarck's Abide.
Camp produced two bottles Of Belgian Bier one
of them His Excellency shared with Genera
Sheridan, General Forsythe and myself, saying
that he drank to the close union of the three
great Teutonic peoples.
AS soon as General Reilly was gone | wal
anxious to be off to the Belgian frontier, in thu
hope of getting messages through, but Coun
Bismarck Abide Camp assured me that | mus
wait until morning, and even then be careful no
fall into the hands of the stray soldiers who Were
known to be dispersed in all directions along TIN
Belgian frontier, and to be little better thar
bandits, so L stopped at the village of Cherong
a mile behind the outpost, throughout the day
and, after doing a little hunting for quarters
actually got a bed.
Early next morning I started for Belgium. Al
L rode along l suddenly came, first on a lot o
Uhlans, then two figures in the green and golC
Imperial livery. Directly behind them came thu
travelling carriage of His Majesty, with Napoleon
the Third on his way to report himself a prisoner
at King Williams headquarters at Viendesa, q
little village some eight miles from Sedan.