Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-10-18

Exhibts efGersaas military skill
-Emperos wiiiiasn IL His0iery
-Barmoay Beswees Ra.sia and
Prussts Restored - American
eeapssoae 0riddles In . 0esmsn
Cussem House.
Correspondence Of the Gold Hill Daily Nsws.l
BERLIN. Sept. 80. 1s79.-Thers has
been a grand military display at Konigs-
berg. and on Monday the exercises con.
sisted OF Q formal battle between the
two divisions OF the army. each with
cavalry and artillery. The field was Of
the nature Of the base Of an amphithea.
ter. from the opposite nights Of which
the regiments descended and closed with
one another. The First Division, with
one regiment each Of dragons, cuiras.
siers and Uhlans and one Of hussars.
was further westward. At 10 o'clock
the artillery opened the engagement,
but the firing was irregular and unim.
p~ortsnt. From the First Division q
squadron OF dragons was sent down
into the plain to seize and hold . small
bridge which had some strategical value.
but finding II already In possession OF .
detachment OF the enemy's hussars, halt
OF the drsgoons dismounted, surprising
the hussars. and by . sharp carbine fire
forcing them back. A column OF In
fsutry coming up at the same time per-
manently secured the bridge. and the
draRoous remounted. having shown ad.
mirsble proficiency at infantry work. In
the meantime the second Division threw
forward Q regiment Of iusiliers, to which
tho enemy opposed the Foriy.secona
Regiment OF Foot. covered In the rear by
cuirsssiers and dragons. The infantry
duel Was long and desperate. From a
somewhat struggling Ars at first both
sides passed to company volleys. which
we're delivered rapidly and with pre-
cision, aud additional troops coming up.
the engagement seemed likely at Que
time to concentrate itself exclusively
about the disputed bridge. Every effort
Of the Second Division to utilize their
cavalry was thwarted by the hostile cui.
rassisrs, who swept over the country In
an imposing style. No serious cavalry
daht took place, but the hussars at.
tempted several charges which came to
nothing. In crossing the Chsusses at
one point one horse missed the ditch
and fell, breaking his wi leg and seri.
ously injuring his rider. The infantry
fsht gradually turned to the advantage
Of the First Division. and the fusilisrs
were driven back In the direction OF
Trenk, the umpires deciding In accord.
sucs with tho result. Both armies
bivouacksd in the Geld for the night. 20
10 to be ready to renew operations. The
Emperor sat In the saddle the whole
time, and Afterwards returned to 10.
nissberg BY special train. The day was
lair but warm, and Q number OF soldiers
were pros,rstsd by the heat. The pro.
eeedipss were highly interesting from
beginning to end. and especially 90. sp.
parently. to the foreign officers, who. In
all the uniforms Of Europe. and n oil
China, were to DO seen galloping unin.
tsrruptedly over the broad held.
Russia Is decidedly ~rsconciling herself
TO everybody and shaking hands diplo.
msticuily ali around. The mission Of
General Field Marshal Montentsl to
Warsaw appears to have been Q great
success. The paper war between the
German and Russian press has ceased
as by enchantmsnt. and the unvonted
amisbility Of journalists has been fol.
lowed up by a cordial meeting OF the
Emperors OF Russia aud Germany at
Alexsudrows, In Russian territory. Sim.
ultansously with the renewal Of amity
between Russia and Germany. the Jour.
nal Of 81. Petersburg has published q
SERIES Of articles commenting on Q pam.
phlst Of Professor Martens. recommend.
ing cordial relations between Great
Britain aud Russia on the Central Asian
question. Professor Martens says:
No idea can DO more in~sensate. more
false, or o fatal, than that OF an In
compatibility OF interest between Russia
and England In Asia. That. far from
having any mutual advantage In ooun-
tersctiug each other in those countries,
the two empires are bound together by
q community Of interest. / am per.
suadsd that the policy Of reciprocal
opposition which has caused 90 much
mischief to the two nations will soon
become absolutely impossible" A. q
sort Of commentary on the words OF the
Professor, the Russian expedition against
the Turcomans has been suspended.
owing to the death Of General Lazaref.
Some friends OF mine recently re-
ceived from America . couple Of soap.
stone griddles, which were the innocent
cause Of an adventure. They were
brought over from New York BY Q lady
who, being rather ignorant OF the Ger
man cus,om.houss regulations, and not
speaking German very Ausntly, antici.
pat.d difficulty In getting the Aforesaid
''griddles past the AROUSE eyed officials
without an elaborate explanation Of their
nature. use. and "pr.vious condition"
When she came to have her packages
aud trunks examined, these two soap.
stones were found fastened together With
q board for protection. The custom.
house officer asked, "Mein Frau, what
have you there 2" "Ouly two stones.
Mrinherr." Then she heard the two
officials say to q another aside : "Ah.
poor woman, she has brought q couple
Of Rrav. stones over from America for
her dear little children. Poor thing
Let her pass" And she passed on with
her "gravestones." very much pleased
with the comical result LOUIS.