Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-15
THE GREAT EURO PEAN WAR.
An Interview with Our Leading
Military Commanders.

Military Commanders.
The impending conflict Swallowed
forth in II dispatches is the leading
topic Of conversation, and knowing the
interest that our readers take in
the subject, we Yesterday interviewed a
number Of our leading military lacli
clans, and present their conclusions.
OF course, the first one called on was
Captain G.. G.. Harvard. as we were
satisfied that his interest in everything
pertaining to military matters would
lead him to study the situation, and
his views would command the atten-
ton OF every one. The Captains rep
utation is national, and his conclusions
will be eagerly sought after, and
doubtless carry great weight with the
III lIt.rV authorities of Europe. We
met tha captain on the street and
a hea nam hIs opinion. Carefully bal
aHcin- hls cane OH his left foretinger,
cooking his hat on the back of his
head and assuming a martial appear
ance, the warrior let loose as follows:
"You see, Mr.. Reporter, that these
fellows mean biz. When / led my
men to the front in the great Indian
war, the first thing that / done was to
map out the situation. The success Of
an army often hinges on the securing
of a base of supplies, and having them
promptly forwarded. AS / rode out of
Eureka, at the head OF as gallant an
army as ever was thrown into the
field, l felt hat We might perish in
ambush or die in the shock of contend
ing forces. but l knew that we need
not fear starvation. AS WI halted at
the head of the canyon''-
We gently but firmly checked the
Captains flow Of "reminiscences, and
mildly insinuated that it was the Eu-
ropean wal that we wanted to know
something about. The Captain cast
his eagle eye over us and proceeded:
"You will notice that Herzegovina
and sDalmatia border on the Adriatic
sea. Troops can be thrown into the
port of Ragusa, and thence by forced
marches and. talking of forced
marches, when | received authority
from Governor Bradley TO proceed
with my army to the seat of war in
White Pine county, did l linger? No,
sir! AS oon as the supplies were
ready -
But, we murmured, the situation in
Europe.
"Ah, yes! Well, as was
saying, il the fortress of Belgrade
is reinforced by the Sunjaks and the
armies are thrown into the field as
promptly as we did when we were
called upon to ave our country from
the ravages of the brutal savage; or if
the same spirit is shown as when Gus
ter's death appalled, the nation, and l
telegraphed to the General Govern
ment thatthe National Guard of Eure-
ka, commanded by myself personally,
were ready to march against the hos
tile Sioux"-we slid Off up the street
and deferred further interviewing of
the Captain until we had more leisure.
Fortunately we found Capt. Policy,
whose experience on the blue waters,
when he commanded a schooner on
the Sacramento and plowed the raging
main, gave him his title, and his opin-
ion a certain weight. We dashed into
the war news, Captain?" MY dear
sir, / have lain awake nights in my
lonely cabin on Prospect Mountain
and thought it out clearly. The prim-
tive rocks predominant in Macedonia;
tio kAoNB IL tAO w SSeSih
Provinces, n 10 the north of the Bal
kari, and tertiary deposits in the basins
of the Sare and Martha, and in Sull.
The tertiary are highly fossilliferous,
and ages and ages ago vast oceans
laved the foot of the Kiz Hissar mount
aims. These heated oceans, seething
with Earth's internal fires, slowly de
posited"- "But, Captain, we want to
know about the war, and its onse-
quences, not of the geological forna-
ton of the country" The Captain
eyed us with scorn, aud we are salts
fled that we will never get any more
information from him. AS the Captain
remarks, "what are wars and rumors
of wars compared with the great sci
ence of geology and mineralogy?"
We sought Captain Kelley, of Ruby
Hill, Major Dennis, and other gentle
men connected with the military arm
of our service, but failed to find them;
but WI think that our readers can get
a comprehensive, clear and distinct
idea OF the situation by bordering on
the weighty words given above, or re-
ferring to our full and reliable dis
patches.