The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-01
The AnsAoE Exopus. The local papers


tho country from tho Times correspond.
ent. Writing, as the latter does, from
Strausbnrg. no has never, perhaps. been
brought into direct contact with the
stream of emigrauts. aud has possibly
had no opportunity Of judging for him
self. It is only natural to suppose thnt
many sad scenes have been witnessed of
iate in A!snce Lorraine, and the infer
ence in fully borne out by the desoril
tion of the local PRESS. Ec!uircur, of the
I'd instant. published in Lnneville, says
the roads, eapGciGlIy from Metz TO Napcy,
these last few daye bave been such al to
recall tho grent popular enigrs.ions of
olden times. "Oonveyances of all sorts,
loaded with furniture and intermingled
with pedestrians, followed each other
without interruption. The greater por-
ton, pressed by the fatnl date, and inck-
ing the means of transport, hnve only
taken part of their belongings with
them, while not few have heeu only
able to bear away as much as the wheel.
barrow could contain. which they trun-
died before them. A still larger number
have left their hearths and homes will,
some clothes hung on the end of stick.
the wife carryii g the youngest Of the
children, aud the rest trudglng behind.
IN Metz. it, is said, there are only seven.
:aon recruits remaining. all unfit for ser
vice; aud ut Obernnl, IN AIsaoe, Il town
Of 5000 inhabituuts, there are only
three, of whom o. .,iouc is qualified for
service" A letter frou, Mulhnnse, OF
The 29th uitimt, in tho Courier Iu Bus-
Rim, sa5a: THE work CT optlou went
on till q late hour last night, aud tu-mor
row there will probably ho still more
10 -
| last hour" The town Of Me,2, If the
statistics published are ut all trustworthy,
must be- absolutely depopnl.:. cd. No
fewer than $4,000 are alleged to have
left during the last fortnight, reducing
til, population Of the town to 10000,
EXCLUSIVES of the $4,000 German troops
who keep watch and ward ever them
Even in H.vte, which does not seem u
very likely place to have any large nun.
| ber of Aisatluns and Curramers, tho
| number who have chosen the French
nationality reaches 400. These facts
are evidently making an Impression upon
the Germans by revealing to them the
difficulties Of tho task they have nnder
tnkeu. The North German Gazette, put
ting the best on the matter, says:
"rhe condition Of Elsass-LothriugtOn
now will be the foundation Of Its further
development, the seed Of its future pros.
perity." But when it adds thut Ger
mnuy sees without regret those long
trains of exiles who In the last days
have turned their backs on the empiru
aud set their faces toward France,
whittier their interests md sympnthics
lead them" tue assertion IL bplIe.l by its
own words. It consoles itself with IL
glimpse into the far off future, when
'Ihe grand children of those who to-day
still perhaps contemplate with sorrow
the change III their national lifo viii.
some time gratefully bless tho dny al the
Versailles prelininarits and tins very
Isl OF October on which they have been
delivered from foreign rule aud from
foreign agitation" in tbs noautime, We
arc told, Germany doe5 not e1i'eo; "ey I'll
pathy" with the new relations from tho
inhabitunts; but the Government may
claim their confidence, whicI, will in
creace from year to year, until at lust
''frOm generation to generation love
and trust will grow more ahd moro. "
All this, however, ia only visible to the
eye Of fnith, and not thut of sight. An
other German paper, the Strasburg GH
seAe, processes that it never expected
the assimilation of Elsass.L Lothringen
with the German mother-country iMut.
terland) wonld ba instantaneous; that q
population of 1000, 900 should in year
or two lay aside tho characteristics that
have been stamped on it by education
md training, by thouaand.fold personal
associations, and by living historical
memories" It relies, however, upon u
" ction Of the population that LMs never
lost its German sentiments. which forms
the nucleus of German party, not
numerous indeed, but oxemplifying the,
best elements of our national party.
Nevertheless, the Strasburg Gu,eNe nc
knowedges that tho mujority still re-
mains III Il passive or oven hostile NTH
tude to Germany; q fact whinh neither
causes it surprise nor alarm. since from
the outset 1t looked for nothing else.
The Germans. it is evident. are not, at
all events. deceiving themsel>es--as III
like circumstances the French would
probably do-rcgnrding the immense
dii1icnltics Of tho task lying before them.
Taking about Newman. says the
Washington Capital, she's got buck to
his old tricks. Upon last Sunday he
converted and baptized ono OF tho In.
lian delegation brought on hero at IL
h,nvy expense TINT we mny have peace.
1t was called Swell Head, or some sort of