The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-15

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ArcAIbalA FerDes, she DraIliaas
DagtssA War CssrsspsoAeas.
Praises sAs DeaA Rasse.
Brsesry II Basis-0rspass Rsssrs sf ~ 6assr.
s9a At tAs Graasistss Csraags-And At Adas--
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TALLAnAasss, Fla, March ., l606.-My
re@insoeacss Of Empsrur William arc almost
wholly military. ~
OF enarsa. like other psop.e, have ofisa seen
him Ia past times driving abOat B.rii. 10 . littis
open carriags or sarolling aloog tbs Liadsn on
foot. With single aids BY his ssds.
was NOT il the 0alesis dss 0lacss Of tho
Versailes Chateau when the princes and soldiers
Of Germany halled him ~ I" KAsser," and The
solitary uawasiike ceremonial hin pafiicipatino
10 which witnessed. wss VIXEN IN the great
ball Of the Whits 6chloss Of Berlin be spoks the
iew simpae. earnest wosds which constituted the
formal iDassarastoo ot abe Arst PArlianeut Of the
new 0esmss Empire. III
xme wuxxA,fs VAR Dquunsxr. r
On q campaign Emperor Williams smtssrsos
was simpse even 10 plAiAnes, hAA almost
said 70 shaobsness. His headquarters cortege
10 10 meAgre utitarianism coutraseed strongly
with the elaborate train OF luxnrione carnage
and ponderous gsudy Jourgons that followed
Napoleon out Of sedan. His travelling carriage
was plain, sarongly built landau drawn by fous
sturdy. useful hOrses. whose pOsiilli0ns wore
plain blue liveres with hats covered with oilskin
TO protect them in bad weather. He seldom
mad more than one companion on his journeys
10 this vehicle. somstinaes Apl:ke, but mDse OF.
zen his favorite aide-de-csmp. Count LehndorG
The royal escor. consisted Of . dosen husxsfs,
commanded by ieutenant, and he ch0se his
time OF travel not to interiors with the march
OF troops along crowded roads. a<F1
There VA no fuas about his Quarten. A Of
ten a. not he put up in = hotel. In the villages
around Sedan, the house Of the cure, or The
plain, snug house oi Q local merchant was quite
good enough for him. On the night after Grav-
elotte he slept on sofa In wresched little pOk
house Of Rezonville, and would have gone sup
PEERLESS 70 bed but Tor chance fowl found roost-
Ing in the back yard. The only luxury he car
RED with him, luxury il can be called, wss hin
narrow, little camp bed, which his old valet
could ret up in fve minutes.
AT THE CARNAGE or aRAvBLofrR
The hrst sction OF the Franco Gesman war
which he witnessed was the colossal struggle
OF Gnvelotte. While Prince Frederick Charles,
with the Third Army corps Was striking hard
at the French right from Vesneville to 81. Marc
auChene, King William remained an day with
the First Army, which Hteinmetx WAs .huriinR
against the French lsts, ho3disg The woods and
bare. sloping plateau Of S,nbert Late in the e
ternoon the nerceness Of the fighting and the an.
certainty of the issue drew Willian right up TO
the edge Of the ravine, between GnyeIOtte and
the plains Of Stubert There he sat among the
soldiers, mounted on his black horss, watching
the fierce anc all but futile efforts made by the
inf trvu of Ooh ~rH
to make head against the hurricane Of fire
shell hre mitrailleuse fire, chassep0t 6re-with
which the French swept the smooth, sloping
glacis which the expAnse Of the plateau afforded
All OF sudden they led through the German
combatants out there in the psndemonium of
that impulse TO which 10 the strain OF excitement
prairie ran back across the ravine and caused
. momen<ary saspe qns psat among the unen-
gagged troops about the KING. Shells came crush-
ing into the dislocated ranka. and Or ths mo-
ment an outburst Of disorder had sway. Will
liam was borne back In the pressure. remoostrai-
ing vehemently with upiiftsd voice and fat of
sword. Bismarck was said to have got out
astride gun and the royal s,aff was temporarily
broken up The panic was over in few min
..s.,h u.ss .ho oluss Ies.oo, oS. tne .lonco nao
'"0"s'"o"oo '"o'i grip on 'ne p'.sa-
REMARKABLE SCENES.
The issue of the battle WA gtill In uaareuse
when under the last rsys of the settins am tse
last reserve of Germ ma. the Second corn came
up at q double 10 the brink Of the rsvine
In the lnr,d Glare of the hlse;no vill.r. H;rui
William stood bv the vAvside and eree,.d he
stalwsrt Pemer.niana H,vh ~, se. h;.sa. or
drums the blare of hngies and cr.sh Of c.n,cr ~
roe an eaeer burst of cheering a. ths scid;s,s
1reesed thcsr soldier scvsee;sn s.d ,hsr s.s~-,~S
their chieis dom into m. All d.r.hs ~ To- ~.
ribIe chasm. 1eP'-' - '''' w
The strain OF the cris;s vss dreadful
A. n. w.,chsd ~. ;..,,. 4. . -, ~ -
sombre silence the King sat with his back against
wall on plank, one end Of which rested on .
shateered gun carriage, the other on Q dead
horse
Blsmarck, with an elaborate assumption Of
indlf1srencs' made presence 70 be reading let
ters
The roar Of close battle swelsed and deepeued
I'LL the very ground fremoled boneath %.
Night tell like pail, but the blaze of the ad
1acent conhagratfon lit up the anxious group
here by the churchyard wan. From oat of
medley OF broken troops on the littering slope
IN nons came soddenIy . great shout, which
Ms. ersw IN yoiame % 1T =. It rolled nsarer Hoots OF
gailopang norses rattied on the causeway.
Won NoLTKR CRIES VICTORY
moment later Field M.r.hsl 70, uoy,k.
his f.cs ,or nnce nntvsr;.c ~i.A ov.,.ao..,' no'
sprane from the s.ddIe and eunnine to1srd ,hs
King cried out:-
.fi = oood Gor mn Wa Aav. Won IN. r,.,..,
and victory u with Your H.ies,v."