Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-11-11
which 1 found to prevail pretty generGly

SEDAN, bringing word to the King that th
Commanding ofioer there, General Wimpi
fen. wished to know, in order that tn
farther effnsion Of b,oad might be spared
upou what terms he might surrender. In
colonel brought the intelligence, slEo, tia
the French emperor was IN the toTp
Soon after Won Bconsarts arrival . tiencl
officer approached from Sedan, preceded o.
La whits dag and two Germ n OH srs
Coming uo the road till within
a 70 y hundred wards Of Us they halted
then one Of ths Garmans rode forward Il
av that the French officer was Napolson'
adiutauk. bsa-ing an autograph after IRON
| the Eupe o. to the King OF Prussia A
this the King, followed by Bismarck, Nor
| No,tks and Won Room, wa'ksd out to tn
front a little d~lstsncs and halted, nj
meiesty still in advance, the rest o. u
meanwhile forming q line some 20 PAGES
to the rear of the group. The envoy
then approached, at fist on horse
hack, hut when within about 8 hur'
drsd ysrds he disrolDt I'd, aud unCoverlug
CANA tia remaining distance on foot, bear
Iur high up in his right hand the di'pstch
rom Napoleon. The bearer pIov,d to b
Tsre-sI Relic, and as he hantei the EN-
psror's letters to the king his majesty sa-
iuted him with the utmoSs formally and
prsc.sion. Napoleon's letter was the since
famous one ruunipg, so Enthusiastically,
thus: mot having been abe to die IN the
midst of my troop th'ra is nothing lett me
bat to place my sword in your msJesty's
hands"
Jnt wal afsr : o'c,oGk now, aud hence
too late to arrange anything more where
wa wece, so further negjtst!oas were de-
fa-rel till later in the eve ling, and 1,
gishiog 10 b. conveniently neer Bis
msrck, resolved t. take up quarters IN
Donchsry On our way thither we were
met by the counts nephew, who. assuring
rs that it wa3 impossible II had SHELTER
there in the yillge, SIS all the ho1ses
w.re filed with wounded, Forsyth and
[ d ecidei to continue on to Cheyecgss,
On the o.her baad, B;smarcE-Bo'en bore
with him one gent comfort-,ome
rycellent brandy. Offering the fisk to
his npcle. he said: You've had a hsrd
DAY osit: won't You r;fessh yourstlI?"
The ch.rcsl!o., without wasting ;im2 10
answer, rails d the bJttle tt his lips, ex-
81 inning: Here's TO the u~niicltioo OF
germany" which sentiment the gurg'ing
Of an as,onishiugly loug drink sesmtd to
.nrh,siz,. TIE count thea handed the
bit lie back to his nephew, who, shsk'
ing it, 81 circulated, why, we can't pledge
y.u N re.uru-there's nothing LETT" to
Which came the wsggish response, IL be
ua.don; is WAS so dark l c9u,dn'G see. y
Nevertheless, there was a little remaining,
as I myself can aver.
Near the gate of the city we came on the
.GarmNn pic xet line, and one OF the otticers
r coguizing our uuifO-mI- be having
.eryed in the war of the rsbsllion-Jtepped
forward aud addressed ms in good Egg
.lish. We nsluralY fell into generation,
and in the midst of it there came out
through the gate an open carriage or Ian
dan containing two mao, ons of whom, 10
the unito:m of a general and smoking q
c saret.e, we recogu'zsd, whel the con-
vsysuce drew near, as the Emparo
Louis Napoleou. The landau went Oh
togsed Donchsry st Q lively pace,
AMI we, infsrripg that there was sDme
thing more important at hand ust the
than thu recovery Of our tap, followed at
a re.psctiul distance. Not quit9 q mills
rom Donchery is a clus er Of three or fO1r
cottages, and a. the first o! these the lau-
dau stopped to wait, as We aftsrward asce7-
tAinsd, Count B:smArk, with whom the
diplomatic negotiations were to be settled
Srms minutes elapsed before he came,
Napoleon remaining seated in hi' carrisge
meantime, sill smoking aud accepting
| win nonchals1cs the staring Of a group o.
German soldiers Ee!r By, vino were gazins
on their fallen foe with curl us and eageI
interest.
Presently q gathering oEhoofs was heard
and looking toward the sound l perceived
the chancellor canterirg down this read
When abreast Of the carriage be diSmOu2teC
aud walking up to it, ssluted the EnQe:o
in a quick, b-u-qaa way that seemed t
~startle him. After 3 wo-d or two the part!
m ved perhaps a hundred yards further on
where they stopped opposite the weaver
C 5ttrg. 60 famO7s fcom that day.