Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-09-15

Ger of high rank. you are to, therefore,
return TO Sedan and tell the Governor OF
the town to report himself to the King OF
Prussia. If he does not arrive in an hour
our guns will again open fire. You may
tell the commaudaut that there is no use
of his trying TO obtain other terms than
unconditional surrender" The parlamen
tarie rode bach 18th the message. When
he was fairly earshot his mission
was most gene. -onversed.
At half.past six there arose IL sudden cry
among the members OF the Kings staff,
DER Kaizer list da, and then Gamer loud
hurrah. Soon we began to look auxiously
for the second flag Of truce, and in ten
minutes more, Gen. Kelley rode up with
letter for the King OF Prussia. As soon
as the French General was in sight, the
slender escort OF cjutasSiers and Dragons
WE had with us was drawn up ID Inns two
deep behind tho Kin In front of the
escort was the staff, and ten yards IN front
OF them again stood His Majesty King
William OF Prussia, to receive Geu. Reil-
ley, That officer, as We soon learned, Was
the bearer OF an autog aph letter rom the
Emperor Napoleon to King William. The
Emperor OF the Fren a wrote as follows.
Il cannot die at the ead OF my army
lay my sword at the 'eet Of your Maje5-
ty.' On lceipt Of this most astounding
letter there was bH-' consultation be-
tween the King, the c. wn Prince, lWho
had come over from hi, nil on the arrival
of the hag of truce Cont Bismarck, Gen.
Won Mo .,te. and Won !, pon. After few
minutes conversation, 10 King sat down
on a rush-bottomea chr and wrote note
on ano ner chair hold < table BIZ two
aides DO camp, to nc Emperor, begging
him to como next nor .ng TO the King OF
Prussia Headquarters Nendrest While
this note was being written Count Bis
marck came up to Sheridan and Forsythe
and myself, and heartily shook our hands.
LIST me congratulate you most sincerely,
Count" said Sheridan, ~ can only
compare the surrender of Napoleon
to that Of Gen. Lee at Appomattox
Court House." When it come my turn to
grasp the Chancellors hand, could not
help saying, after had congratulated him,
''You cannot but feel pride, Count Bis
marck in having contributed SO largely to
the winning OF to.doy's victory. "Oh,
no, my dear sir, was the mild answer, II
am no strategist, and have nothing to do
with the winning Of battles. What | am
proud OTIS that the Bavariens, Saxons, and
the WUytemourgers have not only been on
our SIDE but have had so large part tho
greatest share, The piCry is that they are
with and not againstus That is my do
ing, do not think tina. the trer h will
say now that the South Germans will not
fight for common Fstberland" ! asked
His EXcelleucy whether Louis was taken
with bis papa, and was told that no one
knew; ana / think that no one cared where
that young man was.
When the King had written his letter, he
himself handed IL to General Kelley, who
stood barebe&ded 10 receive il, u Italian
and Crimean medals glittering on his
breast in the faced sunlight Queen Vic.
torias decorations have not often been
sesn on the uniforms Of men surrenderng
without condition. At twenty minutes to
s General Kelley left for the beltaeuered
town, escorted by URrs. The buster
which had served as u flag Of truce was
offered to me as q souvenir o. this memora-
be day, but il had strong resemblance
TO other dustcrs, and | declined the prof
ered relic. Then there was general de-
mAnd or something 20 drink, ana BIS
marck's Gide-de.cemp produced two bot
ties Of Belgian beer, One OF them Ills Ex-
celle4ey shared with General Sheridan,
General Forsytbe and myself, saying that
he drank to the union Of the three great
Ieutonicpeoplcs.
As soon rs Con. Kelley was gone, was
anxious to be of to the Belgian frontier,
ia the hope OF getting messages through,
but { on It Bismark' s Aid de Damp assured
ME that must wait until morning, and
even then must be careful not to fall into
the hands Of the strong French soldiers
who were known to be dispersed in all di-
reclous along the Belgian frontier, and to
be LITTLE better than bandits; sol slept at
the village Of Cherouge, mile behind our
post throughout the day, and. after doing
a little hunting for quarters, actuslly got a
bed. Early thenext morning started for
Belgium. As rode along | suddenly came
iirs. on q lot Of Uhlans, then two Pigeprs
ia the green and gold Imperial livery. Di-
rectiy behind these came the travelling car
nage Of His Majesty, with Napoleon the
III on his way 70 report himself prisoner
1T King William headquarters 1t veudrcst,
a little dirty village some oigh. miles from
Sedan.