The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-13

Iquite within the mark to set down the num- |
|ber h0rs de combat of the two armies, !
French and German, OF not less than 400, 900, +
LOT which fully ESQ, 900 are dead OF badly maim-
led for lle; of the number killed outright 1t Isl
mot easy to speak definitely, as fully fifty peri
cent. of the merely wounded perlshed on theI
|held where they fell from want Of ambulanceI
land hospital care. l;remember seeing onel
trench fully kilometre long, wherein at least
ll0. 900 German and French dead were indis-
huddled, many, bodies. not yeti
|quite cold. People are naturally saddened, notf
|despairing, but quite the other Wayx though inj
lmy humble opinion / believe Paris utterly 1n,I
ldefensible under the circumstances, and
against such an army as the German; put
and II the. Germans will persist in attackingl
Paris, why they will only enter 1t as SebastopolI
WAS entered. I believe there is. no gasconadeI
lin the determination thus expressed, and II
cannot help.thinklng that Germany will even
ltually regret war of determination against 81
nation which was literally driven blindioldedj
into 1t, like sheep to the slaughter; war Is onel
thing, but this campaign has been butcherM
mot, war. - tr arssar .sr:fi.1.
.a... i, Attitude OF the Gar. -, i
The Cologne Gazette, referring 10 the re-
|marks of some journals on the attitude of
|RussIaIn the present war, ssys: ~ .iioil
The notoriously friendly feeling oi the Em7j
|pefor or Russia for Prussia cannot be deniedi 4
but 1t Is gladly ramored about that he Is sick.
lin this, we may remark by the way, as wei
know. from the unanimous testimony OIL
!eye-w witnesses in st. Petersburg, thetel
lis not. one word Of truth. The emperor
lis perfectly well, and Is delighted, as nls pre-
|sentatlon of orders proves, at the German
Victories. At the beginning of the war, asI
I've learn from trustworthy source, the Em1
|peror alexander declared, In opposition to the
military men who surrounded him: "Ihe war
lis q misfortune, but it has been provoked by|
France, and the troops of my uncle Will
ave the French q fitting lesson" The news
10; the battle ot:sWoerth was greeted by the|
Emperor as Joyful intelligence, and tho state-j
lment already made In papers is confirmed ias|
PERFECTLY true, that when, at the capilulationI
|of Sedan, he proposed O toast In honor OF the1
event, be broke his glass; according to the an
Client custom, that no one might ever drink
rom it again. All this as little acGor1s wtthE
What is said about the unfayorable feeling OF
|Rdssin for Prussia as the letter Of the Emperor
alexander to King William, about which somet
papers with French sympathles nave recenuy1
bile sense. The inventors Of rumors about
congresses must be content to- know that
|peaee will be concluded. without them and2
Those from whom they receive their orders.
rlsassss > Up I'm q Balloon. = a;GiaI
The telegraph recently gave an account
|or the balloon experience Of two young Aineri-
|can adyenturers, who found Themselves dis-i
agreeable suspended above q Prussian capp,|
with cannon, musketry and fuses, playingI
upon them. = 80. = !''i'.'-' -
GamUetta's balloon, which started at the
same time, seems to have met with Similar
|hair- breadth escapes. When the first reports
Iof French ballooning came, they,were received
country. We still In mind the great sums
Expended In vain during the first French revo-!
Hutton, to make ballooning practical method
LOT communication In war. However, 1t Isl
clear that the science Of eronautics has made|
|great progress since. 1892, and although
balloons were but of slight use In the Crimean|
|and Austro- Sandman wars, as well as In our
own civil war, the French have certainly madei
them very useful In the present juncture. The5
mail service by balloon between Paris and9
Tours, and between Metz and the surrounding
region, has been important In results; and, theI
spice Of perllous adventure In crossing theI
|Prusslan lines high In air seems to have madef
1T attractive to daring spirits. Probably ;thef
present war will give a new impetus to thea
art Of ballooning all over the world, and the}
lessons learned in war will be applied on
pdTSeT SChle III tltucS VI ptdCt..- ..'a..!
A Touching Incident.
The story of an old French officer, coming
TO redeem relic OF his martial days, Is thus
told by correspondent writing from Vaux:
We had just finished dinner, and were smok-
ing the post t-prandial cigar, when an orderlyk
came in to say that q Frenchman desired to
speak with the commandant OF VauX. 'Mon-
sieur lie Commandant," said he, land Mes
seurs les offlclers, beg you to be seated; andy
II Monsieur le Colonel will grant ME few mo- Z
ments, will not detaln him long" A chair :
was Immediately handed him, when he con :
ceive, an old soldier of France, although am
sorry to say that my years and my hard ser
vice compelled me long since to relnqulsh my
profession and to retire to this speaceful vlllageH
Of Lorraine, not too far off for me TO. hear
the reueiUe and retreat borne to me morning
and evening from Metz, and reminding me of
days gone by. My poor countryl Is In your
hands. ara too much Of Q. a.ssoldier not to re.
to- me THAT the inhabitants of Vau1
should at once bring. all their. arms
to the guardhouse. Mine consisted of a
f0wling-pfece and "a dagger. tt is on
the subject of this dagger! that now come to3
disturb you. Gentlemen, you all know how
an old soldier prizes the.relics OF bygone glory.
or the presents. OF some dear comrade who hasH
fought and died by his side. come to claim !,
your forbearance and your kindness In such aS
cause. That dagger was given to my father
by the Emperor Napoleon I, on. the bloody
field of AusterItz. have worn 1t at my side
In many hard-fought action, and now seem '
to miss my old comrade from the nail where t.
he used to hang, and come to beg you to give1
the old soldier back memento that to you Isl
useless, but that serves to remind him OF COM +
rades dead and gone, Of hard-fought fields and +
lonely birouacs. II have asked too much,
excuse the trouble have given you In listen 70
ing to my story; but Ii 1t Is possible for you to
grant my request, accept the thanks Of an oldk
Soldier who, like you all, has fought and bled3
Tor his country" / need hardly add what was
the sequel. An orderly was Immediately dis
patched for the much-prized dagger; the old
French gentleman smoked cigar and drank
a glass Of wine; and when his much-prizedf
weapon was returned to him by: The colonel, a
tear glittered in his eye, as he drew up hisS
tall figure at the door, and with nDieu UonSS
benisse, Messieurs ~ he bowed and lett u.s.
Terrible Prophecy. @
No event since the fall Of Napoleon hasI
ever called out 80 many prophecies and curioust
calculations as the fall OF Napoleon III.
If we may believe the numerous tables otb
figures, which "all add up the same way" III
was sheer impossbility for the late Emperore
Ito avoid his fate; and though it is true that thes
force of some of their figures is weakened BY
the fact that they were not produced until9
utter the war began, and until the fate OF theI
empire was sealed, still there were otherss