The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-08-02

A correspondent OF LnO NEW OEA
Herald describes the visit General
Grant paid to Bismarck in Berlin
The General sauDters into the court
yard and the sentinels eye him q
moment curiously, and then present
arms. His visit has been expected,
but certainly an ex-president of the
United States would come in car
riage and six, and not quietly on
foot-thowing away a half smoked
cigar as he raises his hat in honor of
the salute, he advances to the door,
but before he has time to ring, two
servants throw them open, and he
passes into the open marble hall.
OF all Princes now living, this is,
perhaps the most renoWned-this of
Bismarck-Schinhau comes
with q swinging, bending gait
through the opened and opening
doors, with both hands extended to
meet the General. You note that
time has borne heavily on the Prince
these past few years. The iron gray
hair and mustache are almost white ;
there is WEAKNESS in the gait, q
tired look in the face. The Prince
wears an officers uniform, and on
taking the Generals hand says he,
"Glad to welcome Gen. Grant to
Germany"
GLAD TO SEE EACH OTHER.
The General answered that there
was no incident in his German tour
that more interested him than this
opportunity of meeting the Prince.
Bismarck expressed surprise at see
ing the General 80 young q man,
but on q comparison of ages it was
found that Bismarck was only seven
years the Generate senior.
That said the Prince, shows the
value of q military lite, for here
you have the frame of a young man,
while l feel like an old man.
The General, smiling, announced
that he was at that period of life
when he could have no higher COM
pliment than being called a young
man. By this time the Prince had
escorted the General 10 a chair.
One of the Princes first ques-
tons was about Gen. Sheridan.
The General and /, said the
Prince, 'were fellow csmpaigners in
France, and we became great
friends
Gen. Grant said that he had had
letters from Sheridan, recently, aud
he was quite well.
Sheridan said the Prince, seem
ed to be a man of great ability.
yes answered the General. Il
regard Sheridan as not only one OF
the great soldiers of our war, but
one of the great soldiers of the
WOrld-as a man who is fit for the
highest commands. No better Gen
eral ever lived than Sheridan
LITTLE PILLS EYE.
81 Observed" said the Prince,
"that he had a wonderfully quick
eve. On one occasion, remember,
the Emperor and his staff took up
q position to observe a battle. The
Emperor himself was never near
enough to the front; was always
impatient to be as near the fighting
as possible. WELL said Sheridan
to me, as we rode along, we shall
never stay here the enemy will in
q short time make this SO untenable
that we shall all be leaving in hur-
rY. Then, while the men are ad-
vancing, they will see US retreating.'
Sure enough, in an hour or 80, the
cannon shot began to plunge this
way and that way, and we saw we
must leave. 1t was difficult to
move the Emperor, however; but
we all had to go, and, said the
prince, with q hearty laugh, eve
went rapidly. Sheridan had seen it
from the beginning. 1 wish I had
SO quick an eye."
The Prince then asked about
Sheridan's command-his exact
rank, his age, how long he held the
: command, and remarked that he
was about the same age as the
Crown Prince.
ATTEMPT ON THE EMPERoR's LIFE.
The conversation next turned on
the attempted assassination of Kai
, ser Wilhelm. The General said thu
> act was specially terrible in view o.
) the age of the intended victim
, compared the deed with Lincoln'i
! murder, and said he was not sure
t but that it should be severely pun
ished. Bismark agreed that there
should be no Communication of sen
tence.
THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
/ Our late war was then taken up
''You are so happily placed" said
: the Prince, ain America that yOI
: need fear no war. What Away
: seemed so sad to me about your las
> great war was that you were fight.
!. ing your own people. That is al
! ways so terrible in wars, so very
r hard"
: "But it had to be DONE" said the
2 General.
eyes" said the Prince, "you hai
3 to save the Union just as We hai
: to save Germany"
q "Not only save the Union, but de
8 stroy slavery" answered the Gen
! eral.
j 81 suppose, however, the Uniol
J. was the real sentiment the domI
q nant sentiment" said. the Prince.
3 Gin the beginning, yes" said tn
, General shut as soon as slavery
= fred upon the flag, it was felt, VI
3 all felt, even those who did not oh
liect to slaves, felt that slavery mus
d be destroyed. Weffeft that 1T wa
; q stain to the Union that men SHOULD
8 be bought and sold like CATTLE"
8 81 had an old and good friend, al
d American, Motley" said the Prince
J. VINO used 20 Wr1t6 me now ant
) then. Well, when your war brOk'
g out he wrote me. He said: 81 vii
d make prophesy, and please tax
b this letter and put it in q tree or
4 box for ten years, then open it an,
!. see if / am not q prophet. Iproph
esy that when this war ends th
o Union will be established and W
shall not lose q village or hamlet.
This was MotIey's prophecy sal
Is the Prince with q smile, and il wa
q true.'
b eyes," said the General, at Wa
( true"
q e'I suppose if you had had Iarg
e. army at the beginning of the va
g 1t would have ended ina muc
isI shorter time" v}slg zs.I1s.
n ave might have had no war 9
Il all, |" said the General, .'but we ca
net tell. Our war had many strang
features-many things which seem
ed odd enough at the gims, bu
+ which now seem providentiaL
Is we had had large regular army,
q It W9s then constituted, it Nigh
If have gone with the South. In fac
p | the Southern feeling in the arm
u among high officers was SO stron