Year: 1870

ATTITUDE OF THE CZAR.


The Cologne Gazette referring to the remarks
of some journals on the attitude. of Russia in
the present war, says:-


The notoriously friendly feeling of the Empe-
ror of Russia for Prussia cannot be denied; but
it is gladly rumored about that he is sick: In
this we may remark by the way, as we know
from the unanimous testimony of eye-witnesses
in st. Petersburg there is not one word Of truth.
The Emperor is perfectly well, and is delighted
as his presentation OF orders proves at the
German victories. At the beginning of the war;
as we learn from trustworthy source, the
Emperor Alexander declared, in opposition to
the military men who surrounded him:-"The
war is a misfortune, but it has been provoked
by France and the troops of my uncle will
give the French fitting lesson" The news of
the battle of Woerth was greeted by the En-
peror as joyful intelligence, and the statement
already made in papers is confirmed as perfectly
true, that when, at the capitulation of Sedan,
he proposed toast in honor of the event, he
broke bis glass; according to the ancient Gus
tom, that no one might ever drink from 1t again.
All this as little accords with what is said about
the unfavorable feeling of Russia for Prussia as
the letter of the Emperor Alexander to King
William, about which some papers with French
sympathies have recently said all sorts of fabu-
lous things in an unfavorable sense. The in
ventors of rumors about congresses must be
content to know that peace will be concluded
without them and those from whom they receive
their orders.


BALLOON ADVENTURES.


Looking at the size and brightness and life
of the place. it difficult to realize that it is
absolutely cut off from all the external world,
and yet it is absolutely; for, as the crew of sink
ing and waterlogged ship confde their last
messages to the chance of. the waves so these
unhappy people in Metz have been trying to get
the winds of heaven to carry tidings of them to
anxious friends at home A balloon was sent
up three days ago from the town laden with
multitude of letters little scraps of notes, open,
on one side the letter, on the other the address,
and generally on one side or the other pathetic
appeal to the humane charity of those into
whose hands they might fall, be they friends or
foes to forward them to their destination; but
the winds were hostile, and the balloon
came down in the midst of the Philstnes.
Few people would be more likely to accede
to the prayer than the kind hearted Germans,
with their strong domestic affections; but at the
present there are insurmountable difficulties in
the way. ] saw number of these little notes.
They were from all sorts and conditions of men;
but the general burden of them was that the
writer's were in a sngularly high state of health.
Here and there were few extra details. One
gentleman tCld his wife that his horse, Bam-
bino, though twice wounded, was getting on q
merUeiUe, and would live to see happier days.
Another, addressing his mother, expressed a
name il would be improper to mention, should
as much as possible be associated with his kith
and kin, "for her comfort during this time of
anxiety. Another gossiped a little about his
brother officers; one OF them was likely to be
| decorated, and he himself would, without a
| doubt, be named commander of the Legion of
| Honor. We must all hope that these aspirations
| will be speedily fulfilled.-Metz correspondence
| Manchester Guardian.