The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-05-11

altr. FgIatiue @ wei mariei pie ae
ter Yfs9. af artIHoas eamp guiuE
eeaari sheridan. with scr. frcnlt,
happened 10 ie BE lbC sue tle a la.N aa
tHe ngfu8Hl dHE when lhe lflnHis ol al-
der iusle their pacific iHaH siraiiaa
which fu|fgH .H bi3a3shet The bgH-
ara saw the wEa3e affair iam she WlH-
8uW of "a haigl iH the street where iha
conflict occurred. at some personal risk
ta Eim.rIf, a fGe bullet, went wlli for s.
lrW uIuuies, llg states tilat although
the order party carried ne nasEct they
Wgrc pretty wellpravided with mYolvcEs
aut taat uue or two insurgents were shot
by "ar3er' men, who took their gums
away from them and used lbcm aggrcs.
slTalv. This version Is very little 90 the
taste at thr ParR-N Versailles journalists /.
for You mBst know that several Of the
ha3ug dailics have been Obliged 10
traB.ierthclr publication to Fersai8cs,and
60 issue sadly diminished sheets, from
i1ek OF sufficient printing iac.Iiics-l
send y0u several of them. These journals
have tberCtore--Le GaHl0is I'm parte.
pitched into" The General, and
MaFe goao a good deal beyond proper
limits, ia wondering If the General was a
stranger TO lhe strategy exhibited hy the
Reds in their first sorties, and also what
Le could have been doing IN the Prussian
camp SO frequently during the war, etc.
The simple fact is that General Sheridan
left Paris at once after the affair IN the rue
DE la PaiN aud hci0rethe soriies took place.
lie h4, since then been staying quietly
in London and probably has never even
dreamed of one halfthe GgUi0ts attempt.
TO charge him with. The cltrgoric denial
which this ioaraal demands from the
General we should imagine they will have
TO wait awhile for, though lpretend to 30
knowledge Of the Generals private views
ln regard to the matter. ] merely alludc
TO the incident, to illustrate the facility
with which tie grayest suspicious find
place in the French mind IN all matters
and sentimental-by the way,
Their universal panacea is to arrest the
person who is so unlucky as TO incur the
slightest suspicion This remedy reaches
its lint however when applied to their
countrymcn and lot Of Italians. always
political scape goats in France. They have
not vet dared 10 touch tile person Of any
prominent British subject or American
citizen in response to the pramptings Of
their absurd suspicious. They know
quite well enough the attitude that would
be assumed by the Natural protectors"
of the aforesaid Angla-SlXons to attempt
to fish in such deep waters.
TUESDAY,, April II.
The Princess ROYAL is duly married.
aud II. u. II, and Lorne arc duly of for
a continental trip OF some duration. |
may say they are almost forgotten
The annual struggle of the light and
dark blues, has resulted in the Cam
bridge boys Oight blue) coming in a
length ahead ! witnessed the finish at
Mortiasc, and very pretty sight il was.
The course rowed over is from Putncy to
Mortlakc, distance Of four and a half
miles, which has been done, on some oc-
casions, in 70 minutes, they were three on
four minutes longer in this race. The
hour Of the race is fixed so as to have il
occur at dead flood tide, and this happen-
cd this year to be pretty early in the
The race occurred about ten
o'clock, and all London took an carly and
break fastless start, 10 secure means ol
conveyance, and arrive in time. When |
say al London, you may accuse me OF
but out Of the three mill
ions, we certainly had haF q million lin
ing the banks Of the Thames; aud sight
to be seen ii really was. The interest
eliminates at the winning flag,
aud so | took an early start, and tie
seven O'Clock underground train for
Hammersmith bridge Even at this ear
ly hour the cars were oycrfowing; such
"A struggle TO get in never was seen; and
then such packing when in. From Ham.
mcrsmith took the country road up to
the villages Of Barnes and Moftlake. A
little farther on is Kew with its gardens,
and then comes old Richmond, with it,
superb terrace and view, lovely spots
which no traveller omits to visit. The
road was all alive with postillion turn
outs, private carriages, traps, requisition.
ed London cabs, looking quite out OF
place in the rural landscape, "busses,H by
which please understand a very inferior
style OF Broadway stage; the turn-Outs OF
the Young swclls; family one horse
wagons; and last, but not the least re.
markablc, the inevitable cOsterm0ugcr,
prrchcd on his donkey cart, and rattling
along for DAYS sport as happy as the
best Of them. The morning was bcauti-
ful-thc air brGcng; the excitement Of the
affair interesting, and | enjoyed thi.
three mile walk very much Near Barnes
a locality of Villas, noticed handsome
one In the grounds Of which "cxisted, 81
an enormous ilag-pOle Chow proud thC
Americans are Of flag po,cs) aud at its
top waved proudly in the breeze" that
bit OF bunting, which ! have a certain
weakness for. 10 rnn by chance against
this flag Of flags was as y0u can easily
imsginc. not the least interesting incl.
dent Of The morning. Who the solitary
Yankee can be who has thus located iu
this beautiful suburb Of London, ! bad
not time to ascertain. Arrived at tho
"Ship Inn" / lunched a little, and then
took a position 0n tbe bank OF the river
10 await the sport-.0r a couple Of miie-
along The bank, carriages were ranged IN
IiHc, ana space lett for pedestrians. IN
froul-iH many cases the horses had been
detached. and We're tied up in uoighbor
ing fields. Enlcrprisiug local Spectator
had been busy cXtcmpori,ug platform,
iu the rear of The carriages; places upon
which were considered cheap at from one
10 thtee dollars, preferred to stitch
70 the bank, aud having secured 2
good place, resigned myself to the hour
wait with as good q grace Is possible
Tie scene was certainly fuc, So man,
people, at such an early hour Of th,
morning, IN such wonderful blue toilette.
and such animation and let me saw o00l
1rJeF everywhere. The London ''force'
were present in plentiful numbers, ant
supervising The position taken up by th,
carriages aud keeping roads free.
You bavc erc this, fun accounts Of th.
struggle, and | shall NOT iuniet another
upon yau The beautiful and glaeefu
manner iu which Cambridge came III wa
notiec4bIc. while Oxford seemed quite
exhausted. Cambridge Wen easily aut
lhcy could have reached the ilag. severa