The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-01
The Emps, or's Activity.
A letter from Nuremberg, or n lat

A letter from Nuremberg, OF late date.
',lling Of the Imperial review held at Ri.
l.sa, between Chemnitz and Berlin, IN the
fall, says: The Emperor, with his family
and suite, and the king Of saxony anu
suite, together with representatives of the
royal families OF England, Austria, Russia
ana Italy were present, when the immense
thl ong beheld :he stalwart form of an old
man, with white hair and white whiskers,
riding toward the head of the line, con
trolling with one hand proud and spir~
ited black horse, and grasping his sword
with the other; giving orders to his aids
anu making suggestions to his generals:
moving about with the activity of a man
Of 20, and displaying not only wonderful
tact in the management Of the soldiers,
but admirable horsemanship and GOODNESS
when the thousands recognized the
weil-known face and form OF tho well.
beloved Emperor of Germany, at the ago
of 65, doing all this, the enthusiasm began
to border upon the insane.
For four long hours the Emperor sat IN
HE saddle, directing the troops here, cor
recting them there, and watching their
movements with keen eye everywhere.
A. his age-and but few attain bis age at
al---ordinary men are either buried i'm or
are sinking Into second childhood, "sans
sight, sans teeth, sans everything" bl,
there were lew more active men on the
parade field than William was that day.
The enthusiasm with which his son
'Unser Fritz" was received was only u
tritle less hearty than that which greeted
the aged emperor. "Frltz" Is himself an
old man IN years now, and grandfather,
but as young looking grandfather os ever
beheld. lie is, like his father, a tall,
wcll-built, muscular soldier-lke man,
with pleasant, even benevolent face, ana
bright and cheerful eye. He roue by
his father during the day, and the two
made handsome picture as they gaIlopcd
over the plain. The enthusiastic cheering
broke out afresh when the daughter OF
queen Victoria, the crown princess OF
Germany, mounted upon a white horse,
rode by at the head and in command of a
detachment of troops. She is ~ years of
age, grandmother, and as full of life as
girl OF 10. In every review held during
the autumn she took an active part, bemp
in the saddle at Breslau with her imperial
fatber-in-law for over five hours. She has
the bearing Of a princess, aud no matter
how 1t may shock my democratic Ameri-
can readers, l must say there is some
thing in the appearance of the imperial
family OF Germany-I don't pretend to
know or to say what it is-wblch raises
them above the level of ordinary people.
1t Is sheer nonsense to say that the peo-
pie of Germany are not pleased with the
present order or things. Why, it was only
three mouths ago that the worklugmen Of
Dresden gave the Emperor one of the
grandest ovatlons he ever had. They
took tho horGoe from hia oorriaso, ssouI-
dered the vehicle and bore it through the
streets, while 100000 people yelled and
cheered for William until exhaustlon COM
pellcd them to keep quiet. This was IN
the capital city Of tho kingdom which, in
tho past, has been less friendly than any
of the others to Prussia, and where evil
dcnce of dlsloyaity would be most likely
10 appear, if any dlsloYalty existed.
When the worklngmen, so called, are sat-
isfied IN any country, with any form OF
government. what more could be asked?