, 1880-12-21


nll summer; tile tnnn Win rlloa,. rather to
tl.ynte his tl!c ast rrrRiGs Il, TIM saving Ut
4 Nntlntl AMI the winning nf victories fur u
;st;: pSt%'S sS" r rtan'ns # !nf srf sr"t Il t,s: w"
accounts uf hnttlrs. Mi nnni,. wns glyr,l,
bit tu audience heartily aplia,ItIctl thr stiH-
gcst19II. Alr. Furbes contltieti substantially
u lieiurn tho Franco.fiermnn war tllere lad,
nf course. bGt'l war correspondents, Htld
s01ne 0t u'on! lNl Mae far themselves worthy
rsp1ltntioils to vIe with which IN reprrs'i!t'-
ti,air wirk. Brilliant rs It wts, i for % tio m"ss @
1Mrt, wns carried III ,,,,,ter ipss nrtinns con-
tl!tl0fls than tlrnse which Cnnfrunt the wur
corres!ln'l:nt ut t'.tay., Iley hull II! ie',-
clrso; thcre was ior tioHi scI'losl any lily otIer
eninp Or tic I'a*r. THEY ncltieyed their III
!,n,nls by l,eyfvl.l fnrcrnt Neutrality-suspicious.,
tItss, llimIcr hnrlsai, ard disease. / cal1
recollect no l,,stnnre lit which u witr
c"rrcspontlcnt beforo 1870 succeeded in m.
tIGtpatinE ull otf,cr in'tcls!neryi III the trans
,lne revolution calhe abn1et tiuItc gradually.
Whel tlle Frunto-Ger,nnn var broke nnt,
correspondents, tho veterans or the old
scH'nl l1,a tlie youngsters who were fresh ~
lighting art.l,a without IN isen u claborut-
lllg Attt!rEch combinations. llavEttx fur their
nl'1oct the swift transmission Ut news. At
SNarhrl,ck,. whittier Iirst went to join the
hardly s,'rm.ssesI,, tner, anywhere else Tom
.,t,G tntl occurred thu idea nf tulegr,plllnY
letters II, exteIIso practice now 80 cniilIl0's.
tint throughout the reccnt Zu. wur never
Tic y1eskef ,i!e)areti iinat Soncure Con.
wny Of tho Cincinnati ~.szctie wns tile first
,nnn wlln wired II whole letter toa news
' p'apsr' Itwas % during tle, ',;ttI; Of t;ray. "
thAt uecnsion where the !Iat:cr hat! sill into
the bed of u river, whera lse was sticking i,
ttlo rt.l c'ay md completely covered with II.
Murnt fIaIsteatl, of t.le. Gtt,tmcrc4l. md thu
cut TUG innt oir him with their Knlyes, md
set him upnn the bank to dry III tic
hot, sun. llalsteud. was, " incu,,brte!!
witt, large rug md still 1argcr iInsk.'"
ent In tlat battte ha!! Il 'dp!eiHlht s,!ccess Il.
lllut Ut Setlai IlUft White, nt utstlelG Of tic
Iittt A!att tt}Hzcttr. wlIo lal str1l II! the fight
| iEE Ml,a Witnessed the surren !"r"f NauolGUn,
Off 10 BRUSSELS to iyIesrarl! the story, bit tl!a
| telegraph pGuple tlH!uKEt lsG was crazy. lle
| hat tn go IN tn Engtaad, atul Eot his ;lccolins
la the IAzctse one !iny ulicAt1. Dr. Russell,
of the things. ant. slr. Skinner, Of the iuIili
Nctrs, performed q slintlar feat, but they
Mr. Forl@s described wifi. graphic power,
nnl often ettnuc!lct. how the young Aintr!-
eycnt, wlIlch lo uIh, u,ul, for tn, D,Ilp
Nescs. lfe plit n stirring tribute to Dr. Mnl-
Ter, and ltts qualities us lnalt and /. Journal
IT.; MMacEaan, " ss' JaskESson, md @ 2i'etf ; Aer.
journalistic fents In the tsslsso-'rurkish wAr.
Tho tlcatf of the tirst-nan!esl. nfteS The PROS:
ccutloll Of his laEnrs Under sntlcrilEs nlN(
obstacles alnios, too great for human tndnr-
stances. was fcelingly nlfutlel 10; ting fixed
HISS Of Jackson ut tiis ch0setl fost nt tic Int
lie Df phUtst, where, for six dAys and nights
he leaned ag,.Inst Ills hnystas, sts,! asn! shell
InlDnI1tRhte will Ant cullrAyu which wbultl
have kept him there to His day liad oecasn!l
regulra!; the lIItrepility ef Frank s[flIettt,
writing brilliant letters amid The u,ost terri
bic xNtfrrinEa, AIl were SIT fDrtll ntM ptct-
Mred II, lAlkuaEe most appropriate nt!l ~
tho SAINT tins euaogist3c. Frank Mif1ett
ea!ae IT, for y most EeMHgays s!'aEe os ue
sneakers n"lice. i'or aIi thu antllc1':e up.
liad been nppllctlOr description tlHl nget, and
TT the cluse. WHEN Nj. fEyt,rs alluded 10 hin!
rs having "degeNerntel intD 4 cnlltslttuh Ut
mntrnlolly, nml Il return 10 his first love ot
nlcmcnt!ng by thu expression nf The belief
t'lnt II stirring cnlI fr0ul battlefield w0Iil|t
agam draw him away from nt', thu app,a,ise
Asu,t example q tl,e eloquent Terms II, dc:
scrlptiun into which alr Forbes niten anll
naturally falls. The concluding reI,!arks r.-
gnrt!tMx thn campaign which contained the
b,lttIc Of, P!cynt IN q leading feature are
"Plevnn lay down yo,atler in Its sn,lg
valley n,aonE ths ioliase. caln, ui! M serenc '!a
ii;s sleeping onbe p,nl !lfk of r:!gln:;;
its churcl, towers. lIchinu IT'S tho lIusslal,
cnnnnn bclching i!rs and Iron. Ciusu to ~
the General. with set faco nlHt terribly en4er
Hyss tts Ss %%rkpg s c",.g q hts s S %u srs - r S
sSsnoi stit hs ali iisf IL Ell sfra Gorro q Il" sqs s ! y
noises ealne hack to us 9n thy light
f;;sfs'ty i;;s c;o. 's i ' ts3Sf sE e Gais ssjs,
loud Shout. Of men bent OIL tleHtl or Victory.
s!lrieks aad yells Ut anguish, NE. cvet!
E 70 nfr @ 9.o hseyo W.T. Look ~ y iL .t ,,ny sTis
hayo',ets:, listen to tue Ioar, 1t triumph,
There Is nj answering hurraa. from tho
EcIs aoHys ", fp1 tue .ss ;t 'ar} 'n [E{
'rnrkssl. pesIti,,a; NHt they Fst 10 further.
See tho Stubborn, ,galEant fellows
there standing lealerless1iot nearly
Wa,E s vat Gsss fSr we n!e 1T isxSs'Sfy isaSsis sr,
to eheer t!!e'n, foywsr.!! ar tn mareh them
huck! 4 craytng TINT Is almost trrcslstib!.
comes over Qua 10 nbtuul0n iAaclioi, alll to IT,
ts as us ea2 IF 10 sSeettatx 's5 w strfe
rhu sl,a.l excitement Ut tl,e sMttlt sllrk.~ III
III the brain like strang drink. You, Sitting
unletly here. haye nU f.1ea how linst! 1t Is. IL
such i cO,yulsLon Of cnlotion, to h!tte ut res,
1ntl write Uut IL tccgralll, In nc!,c1l, with III
iNstytors aees.yaty,-huw Aitllt,lt to CON
poso c.,here,tly wlsn tho brin Is on fire au
tila pulses are bounding as It they wol.ll
burst"
1lut perhaps no descriptions Of t'!ts lecture
equal. in dlstinctnnss ',lna exaet fnithfuinMeas e
Xuln campaign, t(io lust In wllril llp wis pn
sagetl a. ssotrssEosnt: The render .nus1 !,.I
iciutton Vt cauIpllEn htstnry which fornl.
The cl'isi s9'jsct r. this l,esure, hut IT. tha
10 ill,tstaia tic Timer j.liu of Il Corr.,
spolltlent.", Y.yen through oil t'it
iation of tlis corgesm,tItul's llfs t,l
these. events w they, pass, aM! =, the
nctual prs,eess Of regarding hs1nry, With tta
attendant trials, difficulties, stankcIS. H1Nl ~
l,eg!uMses, Is H!ye,,, a.ns lss "wn, hssepasnhst
daily ilfa as well. After describing tlo visl
lsa1ll!nna oGcs!rrc.l, and tho subsequent tat