Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-06-30
THE GREAT BATTLE OF THE
DANUBE.

|
DANUBE.
| From our special correspondent at the Seal
of War.
The following is from our military
correspondent now in attendance
upon the court and camp of the
Emperor of all the RusSias at PlOi
esti. We should say that it was &C
cOmpanied by map which wa:
fearfully and wonderfully made
would that it could be presented tt
our readers, but it could not be
Immediately on its arrival it was
placed in the hands of the most ac
cOmplished artists OfOur photographic
department, and we hoped to riva
the New York Herald and the
Louisville Courier-Journal in the
splendor of our illustrations. But
we had no blocks which could beal
the impression of the tremendous
Russian names with which it was
covered. We append a few Of
them: Liclzemquickski, Lotto.
whiski, Brandismashki, Kickem,
Ontheshinovitch. The block held
out till the last word was attempted
when it Immediately began to split
and crack in all directions and the
attempt was given over as hopeless,
and the Typographical projections OF
our accomplished correspondent
have to remain unrecOrded in glyp-
tic art. The great battle described
in the text is represented by two
parallel lines each running sheer
across the river, that representing
the Turkish army being just below
Sitski, while the Russian army is
placed just above Matchem, the pO-
sitiOn being that observed at the
commencement of the action.
We make no extra charge for the
present number in consideration OF
the unprecedented value of this
contribution.
EDITOR OF THE CHRONICLE
Dear Sir See here, at great danger
and expense [ personally obtained
the inclOsed war news. lust want
enough for it as to leave me square
with the world. | met Col. Neal
on the road. He looks like a clever
fellow and offered it to him, but he
did not appear to appreciate its
value and instead of Offering me a
good round sum, said he would
charge 10 cents a line for letter press
and % cents per inch for the map
after l had it engraved. Col. Neal
took me for an advertising agent.
Sir-dO / look like an advertising
agent. Am / not an extraordinary
war correspondent? 1 assure you
that this establishment has no con-
neXiOn whatever with the war cor
respOndence office Of the New York
Herald. Now / know that the
NtlllSClIdlhSl 4hOIllIlS hCOh "OuIO
pay well for this, but knowing that
the clog and Hominy" brains of
Tennessee, is decidedly superior to
the "Bean" brains of Boston, (and
those are generally considered the
finest in the wOrld). | wish the
Tennessee Press Association to have
it. l desire, therefore, that you
crafty me by requesting the Presi-
dent of the Association in open ses-
sion, to offer my original map and
reprint Of this battle to the highest
bidder for cash. If cash should hap
pen to be unusually scarce among
the editors present, why most any
thing else will do better than
"time;" l have more time than l
want.
With a wish that all may have an
unusually good time, 1 am sir,
yours with respect. in.
We fOrgave our correspondent his
serious offence in offering his letter
to another journal before sending it
here, and our check for S25, 900 on
the Trappers Bank of Alaska, will
be just as promptly answered as any
other we have sent him.
ED. CHRONICLE.
l went by way of ST. Petersburg.
My friend Nicholas had gone to the
front at Matchem; l followed, at
his earnest solicitation, as he wished
to consult me on the situation. He
knew that / lived next door to a
man and that American
newspaper men knew all about
and things and more too.
Nick and his crowd are very clever !
fellows and Toasted me on the best |
they had, but l could not well take |
to horse flesh for dinner or talIow
candles for dessert. Their brandy |
was eXecrable and strong as 0Q,td-
forts. Having occasion to blow my
nose after taking a drink, it burnt a
hole in my handkerchief. My stay
being limited l was anxious to wit
ness a fight-the crossing of the
Danube if possible. Having finally
Nicholas of the feasibili-
" of doing so and giving him my
plans in detail the next thing was TO
satisfy him of the Importance OF DO
ng so at once. Having got the
natter fixed for the Russians the
next thing was to get over to the
Turks to fix them up, so as not 10
nave too easy a thing for the Rus
'ians. | wanted to see big tight.
But in spite of all my pursuasiOns /
could not prevail upon Nick to al
ow me to cross the river. One day
| stole a dugout and started down !