The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-09-15
FOREIGN
GERMANY.

GERMANY. a
The Anniversary of Sedan..The i'm.
yelling OF the Column OF Victory.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13:-The Londol
telegraph OF the Sd has q long Telegram
describing the unyeilng OF the victory
column on the anniversary oi the capitu
lation OF Sedan. The correspondent says
"AtS o'clock the trumpeters OF tho In
perial Garde du Corps, stationed on tht
rooi Of the Royal Castle, sounded iorth
choral "uon0r ulOne to God Oh high
"Allein gait in der kot sic ctr" Thus
characteTisticslly and in keeping with the
Prussian devotional feeling, beginning the
day with kind Of religious oct. Short
ly aiterward the whole garrison OF Ber.
lin was marched To KOnigsplatz with
bands playing and colors displayed to
take up their positions round the
victory monument. The members of
the Royal family now began to
arrive, and the pavilion was soon fill.
ed. Thundets OF cheering from Thier.
garten followed by loarse commands Of
officers, and ciashing Of muskets and
sabres as the troops Game to attention" !"
and the signalled approach Q! the Em-
peror who Immediately afterwards rode
up to the Pavilion attended by y abr!lliant
staff and was received with tue Prnssian
anthem and general salute. Immediate
lly behind shim rode tho Crown
Prince, whilst slightly 10 the rear Of
the present and future Emperor
rode, Princes Frederick, Charles,
Albrecht aud Karl. During tho halt
hours wait tor the arrival Of all these
royalties Prince Bismarck had been sit
ting alone outside OF the enclosure. When
the Emperor arrived however, the 1mpe:
rial Chancellor riding forward received
his sovereigns with hearty greeting and
took his place on the Emperor's staff. Al.
ter saluting theroyat ladies His Majesty
rode around the pavilion and halted his
charger q little TO lis right Immediately
opposite to tho cleigy@ Then raising
his sword he gave the signal Tor
the trumpet 10 sound and the drums to
beat to prayers. This done the choir
sang two, verses Of the hymn commenc.
ing, "Praise and honor TO the Highest" /"
Directly afterwards the Royal Body Chap
lain pronounced short prayer, the Em.
peror's staff and tho whole garrison re-
naming uncovered; and then, though the
sun was shining tiercely at the time, the
Chaplain OF the forces preached q short
sermon, having for It's subject, "Glorious
military achievements In honor Of which
the monument had been erected" again
the trumpets sounded and the drums
rolled. 1-.
Field Marshal Won Room doffed his
plumed casque and bowing down TO his
saddle bow, requested the Emperor to
authorizing the unveiling OF the memo
rial. Ills Majesty bent his head, waved his
sword, and the mantals enveloping the
pedestal and pillard hall, from which the
column springs dropped to the earth and
revealed The whole statue. The column
Is ornamcnted with three collars OF can.
non highly gilded, and connected by gilt
links. These trophies are respectively
Danish, Austrian and French guns cap.
tured on the three great campaigns OF
1864, 1866, and 1870. The monument
contains in representation In oil one hun.
dred and ninety four Prusaian and
and German victories In these three great
campaigns. At the moment when the
draperies fell all Of the bands struck up a
national anthem. The troops presented
arms and gave out three ringing cheers,
while the artillery Of the guard fired a sa-
Lutte OF 101 guns, and all the Church bells
in Berlin rang ont q joyous peal. The Ca
thedral choir then, accompanied by the
bands Of the Imperial guard and the
Grenadiers, sang the choral OF "Nein Dan.
ketalle Colt" While these devotional
words were being sung the Emperor,
troops and immense multitude OF specta-
tors present listened, bareheaded, In pro.
found silence and presented IN impressive
spectacle. His Majesty next proceeded to
infinitely inspect the troops, greeting each
regiment as be rode up Its front rank with
a hearty good morning, to which the
men replied with thousands OF voices,
"Good morning to Your Majesty" In
and out Of the triple lines rode the heroic
old Monarch, cheered enthusiastically as
he passed each tribune in turn, or ap.
preached the dense masses OF the popu'
lance hedging on the Konigsplatz. But
the most electrifying popular ovation OF
the day was that accorded to Prince Bis.
marck, who, as he cantered round, his
hand to his helmets brim and his face
lighted up by stern smile which was
greeted with such cheering as was never
before heard in Germany. Ladies sprang
upon the benches and waived their hand
kerchieis blending q shrill and piercing
upward note, with tenor shout and bass
roar Of q frantic chorus Of cheers that
burst from two hundred thousand throats
as tho author Of Germany's unity and
champion Of her State rights rode proud.
ly by, the greatest man OF his age, the
mighty servant Of o noble master, the
living and acknowledged leader Of tho
whole German race. It was great day
for Germany, q greater for Prussia, but
the greatest Of all for Otto Won Bismarck,
whose renown has been proclaimed un-
mistalSably by German lips, from tho very
DEPTHS Of the German heart. f
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