The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-13
THE itfaNT LONDON TIMUs."
TIL JOURNAL N WHICH THE VICTORIES IF YEA
TALGaE ASp WATERLOO WE'RE RECORDED.

The Hartford Go.raat has overharllel wv
coIti,o y the London Times, Of the dates ,
: Nov :, 1915, and Jun -, 1915. The sheet
four pages, each form abont ten inches BY fl
. teen. Each has nearly two pages of advel
. tisements, the remaining space being devote
to the extraordinary news of the day.
, The iss;le Of Nov. :, 1905, contains the az
count Of the victory Of Trafalgar and tn
death Of Lord Nelson. The dispatches {
Wee Admiral CoilIngwood. who succeede
Nelson IN command, dated on the ship Fury
alus. of Cape Trafalgar, O It. % and his gen
eral order on the death OF Nelson are given il
iull, also an order for day Of humiliation
and thank giving for the victory, the day 10
which could not be named because the fee
wa. dispersed by gale Of wind. The stated
AM. ret simple language of Collingwoods dis
patches breathe q lofty spirit. and speaks 0
Englnd9 proudest days. OF the officers ant
seamen he says that every individual ap
peare an hero On whom the glory Of hi
country depended. Tie attack was irresis!
IDLE, and the issue OF it adds to the page o
naval annals a brilliant instance of what Bri
! tons can do when their king and their country
, needs Their service.
Following the dispatches is report of al
elegant compliment 10 the memory of Lore
Nelson, at the Covent Garden Theatre the
night before, when supelb naval scene wa.
represented on the stage, a portrait OF Nelson
descended from the clouds, and the actors
grouped lii front sang Hule Britannia" witt
.n adit!ona! verse. .ndin;
Ruie, BRAY. Hri.on., ruiz the main.
Ect.nS. III. GD.t-l.A. hero Slam
II tn court news al. these two announce.
mtntS.
. Yesterday morning. at o'clock. a mes.
:cho.r WIS set "h with dispatches to his IN /.
yes. az WIND or. with the joyt news OF the
Iatt victory. On the messenger arrival he
made the Glade tidns known. The. king s
own militia being III the Little park ,yercjsln.
fired 'en de Joe Oh the occasion.
'His majesty wears a green shade con.
stantly over his eyes, after candle-light; and
We are sorry to say he cannot distinguish any
person. except he be very near. and with the
ssistance OF glass.
Upon the editorial page. which is the third
Qnsiead OF the second), appears the announce
ment OF Coyent Garden theatre for that even
ing, of the play of s.Venlce Preserved. in
which Mr.. kemble, Mr.. c. Kemble, and Mrs
Sddons take part, to be followed by a loyal.
musical impromp'u, called Nelson's Glory
Under the date line of the paper is is F: The
publication 9th" newsmen finished this morn
ing at halt-past q" The on y editorial is of a
1t creates no great enthusiasm in the pubic
mind, because it was dearly bought by the
death OF Nelson. There was not man who
did not think that the life of the hero of the
Nile was too great price for the capture and
destruction OF 20 sail Of French and Spanish
men-of-war. Before the action, when Nelson
saw that his skllltul manHuvres had hemmed
IA the enemy, he said to Capt. Hardy, Nov
they cannot escape us; | think We shall at last
make sure OF twenty of them. l shall proba-
by lose leg but that will be purchasing VIC
DRY cheaply." About two hours before the
end OF the action, he fell With bullet through
lis shoulder and chest. A few minutes before
le expired ne sent tor Capt. Hardy and ked
Upon beng told that fifteen had struck their
'oiors, his lordship, with that tervent piery
which 50 strongly marked his character, re-
urned thanks to the Almighty, then turning
Q Capt Hardy, he said, 81 know | am dying |
could have wished to breathe my last IN |
British ground; bnt the will Of God be done :"
n few moments he expired
Nlr. Scott, Lord WILSON'S secretary, was
llled by chain shot which cut him asunder.
he editorial fur her states that he metropolis
as partially illuminated the night before but
general illumination would take place that
venlnS. An original poem OF Nelson and
oiAih6 "o''l ioil'WS me editorial, ana there
wen the llsts-of killed and wounded. in which
le names OF officer, only appear Something
| modern reporting style are some Paragraphs
etded me sons Last Moments" Tie first
ave even now a Thrilling interest.
When Lord Nelson was shot and was vet in
le arms OF the men who were supporting
IN, his eye caught the tlller rope, winch wa,
unusually slack; lie excai ned with much
nphisls, g Tighten that rope there. - an
nlnent proof that his professional ardor still
livlved the brilliancy of the fame OF life.
hen he saw his secretary and his friend, Mr.
;ott, thrown overheard, unce in in the dis
5urement of the wound and the confusion of >
e fight whether it was him or not he in
nred with affec tomato ardor. "Was that ,
por Scott =: An impression seemed to be
ade on Lord Nelson, for the men were ,
.rryins him down to the cockpit lie said !: !
Don't let me be thrown overheard tell
ardy to carry Inc home. .
The mex. item is worthy Of one of our j
odern reporters:
man was so completely cut in two by a :
shot that the whole of his body, =
tn the exception Of his legs up to his knees, i
As blown some yards into the water; but,
lange to tell, his legs were lett standing on :,
e deck with all the tirmne,s and animation
life
Another tough story Is also told OF youth
II, whose leg was shot off at the calf, who i
tually cut away the dangling flesh and bones a
tn his knife. saying that he could doctor a
mself and wait while the surgeon attended l.
hers and when his leg had to be amputated +
owe the knee, bore the operati IN without a /
Dan, and said at is nothing at all: l
ought it had been ten time worse.
The Times of June % 1915, is still more !,
teresting. 1t continues the official bulletin,
I'm Downing street, of the battle at Water -
,. The whole paper evinces the unpara-
ed excitement Of the'city. Times Office .
lursday morning, II O'Clock. We again =
- the press to insert copy Of the London q
,zette extraordinary, and then follows Vel +
gton's own dispatch to the Secretary Of Il
ar Department, dated Waterloo, June -,
ginning: My Lord: Bonaparte having col
tied the lst I'd, Sd 9TH and 9th corps of
e French, and the imperial guard, and o
ing on to tell the action III the simple Ian k
age. After relating the pursuit till dark, he a
IS, II propose to move this morning upon II
,velles, and not to discontinue my opera n
rs. Fl
This paper, with its red hot bulletins, its il
of Off els killed and wounded (the Duke 81
Brunswick headline the list of killel-a n