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Xofc Jong ago the newspapers contained
a description of Marshal McMahon, em
bracing one of his colonels before order
ing him to a last and hopeless charge at
Reiehshoffen. An English general under
such circumstances would have offeree
his hand. Rut who would not feel than
a clasping of hands, however fervent,
would be quite an inadequate symbol of
the emotion - which would occupy the
hearts of men in such circumstances as
those ? And so it is with all of us, on
all occasions of deep and special emotion.
McMahon Facing Death,
A I rench iffieer whoe-eapod to Belgium
writes To relate what McMahon did is
impossible—steel, fire, melted metal, ex
plosive balls, and [ don’t know what other
infernal mixtures the Prussians there
made use of for the first time, appearec
to stream off or to rebound from him
like hail from a roof. He went to the
front seeking death. “Leave me, my
friends,” he said to us all, who sought to
prevent him from going forward, “let me
those Kings, those Princes, who
hide behind their masses of men, that a
marshal of France knows how to fight,
and, when beaten, how to die.” And he
smiled upon us a sad smile, which made us
weep, and redoubled our rage. Ah,
miserable 1 We kill, wo massacre, and
the l.ving appear to spring up from the
dead, which we heap around us. We
climbed a little mountain of dead'bodies
that we might reckon how loDg the
butchery might last. My sabre, broken
and reeking, fell from my hands when I
saw what masses we had still to dea
with. The plain, the horizon, was black
with dust.
We were but ants in a large antbil.
“Marshal,” I said, “we must have at least
200,000 men before us.”
“No,” he replied, gently, “300,000.”
At that moment a cloud passed before
my eyes and we went mad. We regained
our senses only when we found ourselves
beyond the hordes of Uhlans who attacked
us. We had been fortunate enough to
reach the Belgian frontier.
V/e were safe, hut at what a sacrifice.
Too Trub—The Columbia, (Pa.,)
Ilerald thus truly advocates for tile
want of great men in the national councils
liiwouLoCs!—An editor out West,
has been trying to account for want of
great men in our national councils and
elsewhere, and it is all owing
to “the equalization of talent;” that
general intelligence has rendered the
fact of great men impossible, &c. What
a learned Theban! J >y his proposition
we are all equally great—a’l Clays, Cal
houns, and Websters. Bab! The writer
knew full well, that cur want arises
1 r »ni the fact that Radicalism has ruled
ti e roast; that the scum of society floats,
and that the great (good) men of the
country—the men of talent and integrity
of character have been ignored in order
that nigger-worshipping thieves may
prosper. Look at the incumbents of
office around us! The most contemptible
and unprincipled rascals are uppermost,
fill all places of trust and profit, whilst
the honest and decent man stands aloof,
desiring uo contact with them. Equaliza
tion indeed!
A Remarkable Discovery. —A Shit
Found in a California Desert. — By
many it has been held a theory that the
Yuma desert was once an ocean bed. At
intervals pools of salt water have stood
for a while in the midst of the surround
ing waste of sand, disappearing only to
rise again in the same or other localities.
A shoi t time since one of these saline
lakes disappered, and a party of Indians
reported the discovery of a “big ship”
lelt by the receding waves. A party of
Americans at once proceeded to the spot,
and found imbeded in the sands the
wrecx of a large vessel. Nearly one
third of the forward part of the ship or
bark is plainly visible. The stump of
the bowsprit remaints, and portions of
the timbers cf teak are perfect. The
wreck is located forty miles North of
San Eernandino and Fort Yuma road,
and thirty miles West of Los Palmos’
* well-known watering place on the
desert. The road across the desert has
been traveled for more than one hundred
years. The history of the ill-fated ves
sel can, of course, never be known, but
the discovery of its decaying timbers in
the midst of what has long been a desert
will furnish savans with food for dis
cussion, and may perhaps furnish im
portant aid in the elucidationg of ques
tions of science. —Los Angelos Neivs.
Sept. 9.
It used to be said, when the President
conferred with the Secretaries at Wash
ington, that a Cabinet meeting had been
held. Now, when Mr. Grant condescends
to run down or up to the capital for a
day or two from his cottage by the sea
Forney announces in his court journal
that “the President and his ministers are
In council.” At the last royal assemblage
ol this kind another of the President’s
brothers-in-law was appointed Minister
of the United States to Denmark. Cramer
j s his name, lowa his State, and preach
ing h;s vocation.— Col. ( Ohio) Standard.
W ben the Radicals tell you they have
reduced taxation, make them explain how
it is that the taxes paid in IS7O will ex
ceed those of 18G9 over thirty millions
of dollars? Ask them how it happens
that the internal taxes collected 1869
amounted to $159,124,126, while those
of 1870 will exceed one hundred anc.
eighty-four millions of dollars? Ask
them how it is that the people from 1861
to 1865, during the entire period of the
war, paid only seven hundred and ninety
two millions of dollars in taxes, while in
the five years since the war closed they
have been called uyon to pay two thou
sand three hundred and forty-three
millions? These are facts shown by the
reports of Radical officials, while the
party leaders are harping over the reduc
tion of taxes.
Col , {Ohio,) Standard .
A Penniless and Starving Family
Succored at Midnight.— As Srewart’s
store is said to be a hospital for decayed
merchants, because so many bankrupt
traders are employed iu that house,
Brooklyn may be regarded as the ren
dezvous of pastors without a parish.
One of this number has been doing a
little business, sometimes up and some
times down. One Saturday he found
himself almost cleaned out. His purse
was without a penny, his larder empty,
his credit exhausted. On his way home
he went into a store and asked for a Mil
of goods on credit until the next week.
The storekeeper blandly and firmly re
fused.
The poor fellow went to his home sad
enough. There was nothing to eat in
the house. He called his wife and chil
dren together, told them he was penniless
and without food, and said: “My dear
children, there is no help from man, let
us go to God.” The little household
xnelt in prayer, and went supperless to
Jed. Between 10 11 o’clock the family
were aroused a loud knocking at the
door. The husband weut down, and found a
gentleman waiting to see him. He was
a well-known merchant of the city, and
knew nothing of the distress of the
'amily, or that the household was in
want. Addressing himself to the occup
ant of the house he said:
ir You may be surprised to see me here
at this time of night. I undertook to go
to bed, but I could not sleep. I felt im
pressed, that it was my duty to come here.
I tried to shake it off, but I could not,
and I am here to see if your family want
anything.” The man told his story
from the fullness of his heart. llis
friend left with him a sum of money,
and promised to see the family early
on Monday morning. Late as it
was, the relieved gentleman went out for
his Sunday supply, and spent the night
in thanksgiving.
Burleigh's letter to the Boston Jour
nid.
A Work of Charity.— The Catholic
Mirror , of Baltimore, says “the Sisters
of Mercy, at Charleston, S. C., were com
pelled to purchase a home for the or
phans, the United States Senate having
failed to concur in the proposition to re
build the Asylum. The charity of these
ladies would not hesitate before the
greatest sacrifice when the helpless little
ones, of whom they have assumed the
charge in the name of the Father, were
without shelter. To procure this shelter
they have necessarily incurred a heavy
debt, and their scanty resources scarce-,
ly permit them to meet the regular pay
ment of instalments and interest. They
are organizing a fair to help them out of
their present embarrassments, and they
authorize us to say that should our lady
friends ‘have any articles to spare from
their numerous charities they will be
gratefully accepted by the Sisters of
Mercy of Charleston for their Fair.’
“To this modest request, we add that
the charity of the ladies of Baltimore
knows no bounds, and the object for
which an appeal is now made to it is too
scared to be met with indifference. We
hope our friends, far and near, will And
‘something to spare’ for this good work.
Any packages, money T ANARUS, Ac., left at Messrs.
Kelly, Piet & Co.’s No. 174 West Balti
more street, for the Sisters of Mercy
of Charleston, S. C., will be duly for
warded.”
Interest in the Journal for Sale.—
Finding the labor of conducting the Ma
con Daily and Weekly Journal , edito
rially and mechanically, too arduous, I
wish to dispose of an interest to an active
stirring man, who will assume either
position. The Material, Presses, etc.,
are all new and first class; the papers
have met with unprecedented success,
and have a ’.arge and incrca ing pa r jnage
To a gentlemau who can till the bill
satisfactorily, the investment will prove
to be a paying one. Address,
Harry J. Neville,
Proprietor, Macon Journal.
and S)U QJ^j,Jffl n
The Catholic Fair, which takes place
in October, will be an attractive exhibi
tion. The following prizes, received by
the committee of ladies, will bo disposec
ot by lottery, raffle or otherwise. A
portrait of Rev. A. J. Ryan, the poet
laureate of the South. The picture was
painted by Mr. Maier, of Atlauta, and is
a true likeness of that distinguished
divine. The second prize a grand cen
tre piano, which-can be seen, in a few
days, at the music store of Geo. Cook &
Cos. The third prize is a splendid ring,
setting of sapphire, encircled with dia
monds. This can be seen at the store of
Lawshe & Haines, on Whitehall street.
Fourth—an elegant grous of statuary,
designed from the grand opera of Faust,
representing Faust and Marguerite in
the enchanting scene of the “Flower
Song. 77 This marvel of art is on exhibi
tion at the jewelry store of Mr. George
Sharpe, who imported it direct from Italy,
ihe fifth prize is that wonderful music
box, with ship, baloon and cars in con
stant motion, keeping time with the ex
cellent music of this ingenious invention.
Sixth—a splendid solid silver eggstand
cup lined with gold; a voluntary con
tribution of Mr. Sharp’s. The prizes will
be disposop of by Mrs. Dooly, Mrs. Mad
deD and Mrs. McKeon, who will preside
over table No. 3, at the Fair.
Atlanta Sun.
A Lost Child. —The following com
munication will prove vitally interesting
should it fortunately reach the parties
most concernod:
To the Editor of the New Orleans
Times:
About the close of the late war, my
brother, Col. W. Moreland, found a small
boy, some four or six years old, in the
city of Madison. Indiana. He had been
brought there by the Federal army and
left with some parties, or he got him
direct from the army stationed there, I
cannot «ay which. The boy is delicate
frame, light hair, gray or blue eyes, fair
complexion, no peculiar marks about his
person, and goes by tho name of Willie.
I have seen him at my brother’s house a
number of times, and conversed with
him. He told me that he thought he
had been raised in a city; they were only
his impressions. lie is a very interest
ing little fellow, and desires much to
find his parents, if living. I think he is
between ten and twelve years old. He
supposed that in the evacuation of some
of the Southern cities during the war
he had accidently strayed into the Fed
eral lines and then had been taken to
Madison. I write this in the hope that
it may reach the eye of the child’s
parents, or some relative. For full par
ticulars address a line to Geo. \\\ More
land, Milton, Triblo County, Ky., or to
the undersigned at New Orleans, Loui
siana.
W. MORELAND,
No. 137 Girod-strect.
Southern papers please copy.
The Conditions or Peate.
Though the German Governments have
not yec officially declared on what condi
tions they will be ready to conclude peace,
it is well understood that the two principal
conditions will r e a pecuniary indemnifi
cation and the cession of part or the whole
of the German territory ot France. On
the former of. these conditions, one of the
first jurists of Germany, Prof, vonllolt
dorf of the University of Berlin, expresses
the following opinion, in one ot the daily
papers cl Berliu :
“We start from the consideration
that the most ample indemnification would
never be able to repair all the damage
which has been caused to us by tho war.
The lives of our brothers, which have been
annihilated, are treasures that will never
be recovered, and it would bo altogether
impossible to restoreto all individuals what
they may have lost in oonsequence of want
of work andlhe disturbance of business.
But because it is impossible to liquidate
the indirect damages, it is all the more
necessary to fix in advance a part .of the
war indemnification which must be insisted
upon. Our claims against the French
nation will be composed of the following
principal items :
“1. Payment of all the German War
Loans as lar as they have been issued. It
will not bo necessary on our part to show
that the sums have been really expended.
Such parts of the loans as may not yet
have been expended must likewise be re
paid in consideration of the general
damages which during the war will para
lyze the tax power of the State, which
must ba felt for a long time to come in the
property of the nation. It is also a matter
of course that the war material which has
been used up or damaged must be replaced
from the refunded war loans.
“Ik Indemnification for the families of
the killed soldiers, cs w !1 as those who,
in consequence of the war, have become
invalids. To this end, France must pay
a capital, from which widows and orphans,
and invalid soldiers and their families, re
ceive an annual rente.
“3. Indemnification for the German
ships captured by the French fleet, and for
the damage which has thereby been in
flicted upon German commeice.
“4. Indemnification for the violation of
the International Law on the part of
France, in particular for firing upon un
fortified towns, as Saarbruokcn and Kehl,
and for the expulsion of German citizens
from France.
“5. Payment of a penalty for the
atrocities committed during the war by
French citizens against German residents ;
for instance, ill-treament and plundering
ot German subjects, and assassination of
wounded German soldiers,
“6. Refundings of the communal ex
penses caused by the wer.”
As to the second condition of peace, the
reannexation of the German territory of
France to Germany, it may be regardad as
highly significant that the Government ot
Elsass, created by a decree of the King ot
Prussia and placed under th 9 administra
tion of CouDt Bismarek-BoHen, is not
coterminous with the former Province of
Alsace, embracing the two Departments
of Upper Rhine and Lower Rhine; but
that it embraces nearly the whole of the
compact German territory of France, that
is to say, the two departments cf Upper
Rhine aud Lower Rhine, and the German
districts of Lorraine, which have beeo con
stituted by the German administration
into the new Department of Moseile, em
bracing the five arrondissements of Mofz,
Saargemiiud, Dieddenhofen, Salzburg and
Saaiburg. Together, this new Govern
ment embraced a population of 1,644,546
inhabitants, of whom at least 1,300 000
speak German. The administration of
the new Government has been thoroughly
reorganized after the model of the civil
administration of the German States. The
new public officers have partly been taken
from Prussia and partly from the South
Uerman States. All transit duties from
and to the German States have beeo re
moved, the tobacco monopoly has been
abolished, the salt trade given free, and, in
general, the whole Government treated as
it it were one of the States of the Customs
Union. At Hagenau an official paper has
been established, giving the decrees of the
Governor in both the German and the
French languages.
It is naturally interred from this admin
istrative arrangement that the new Gov
ernment of Elsass contains that part of
French territory which the German States,
at the time when the arrangement was
made, intended to reclaim i’or Germany.
events may, of course, hav9
modified this intention. Should the whole
new Government of Elsass be really an
nexed to Germany, the towns of Metz,
Fiedenhofen (Tniooville), Saarburg, Pfals
bourg, Salzbourg (Chateau Salins), would,
among others, be reunited with Germany,
while Nancy, Luneviile and Pont-a-Mous
son would remain French.
Count Regiuirnt at Mars Le
Tour,
Count Schmettow; Colonel rs the fa
mous regiment known as the Bimarck
Cuirassiers, from the Count holding nomi
nal rank in it, thus describes the part
the regiment took at the battle of Mars le
m
lour:
A murderous battle has been fought, but
it was possible lor us, with one and a half
corps d’armee, entirely to throw the whole
Bazaine army out of its position, and we
were obliged to give over, after having
been in a hot fight from a. m. until!
p. m. .The battle-field lies between us and
the enemy, and we have retained the po
sition we gained.
At 10 o’clock in the morning we re
ceived orders to go against the enemy’s
batteries; we received grenades and
shrapnels. The trumpeter riding by my
side fell (wounded in the leg) from his
horse. Griinert being ill, we left him be
hind ; two shrapnel shells killed my
brown horse, going through the reins of
our trumpeter, Braune, and some of our
men were, wounded ; fortunately wc were
standing in a valley, so that most cf the
balls went over our heads. This lasted three
quarters of an hour, which seemed to us
Like an eternity. At last the enemy’s in
fantry appeared, and we were obliged to
go back, fortunately again in a valley
which protected us from the enemy’s
balls. In the afternoon, at 3 o’clock,
we had taken . the enemy’s position in
the village, but they continued to
occupy a height on the borders of a
wood, where it was impossible for our
infantry to reach them, so that there was
nothing left but for cuirassiers and lancers
to storm them, as the whole decision of
the battle depended on it- At first each
regiment was to give up one squadron to
certain death, so I made them draw lots.
Captain Yon Yvutbenan, with the Third
Squadron, drew the lot, as it proved, for
his preservation, for the sqadron moved
to the side, where it remained in fire, but
lost do men; while the three other squad
rons of my regiment and three squadron
of lancers were ordered forward on the
enemy, between two bnes of the enemy’s
rifles, shootiDg on us through to the bat
teries, from which two cannons had only
room to shoot Here the Adjutant fell,
shot through the as well as Trumpeter
Lohl. The horse ot Trumpter Braune was
also shot; two shrapnel balls went through
my helmet, but I only felt the heat on my
bald head. . Capt. Yon Heisfer received
two balls in his arm, his horse falling dead
at the same time. Capt. Meyer, as weii
as Lieut. You BraDconi, Lieut. Friesse,
Lieut. Count Siersdorf, Lieut. Campbell,
and Adjutant Von Piotz, are among the
missing, as positively dead rmne can at
present be named. Ensign Yon Stock
hausen and Sergeant-Msjor Oechelhauser
are also missing, Os the three squadrons
I only brought out four “Zuge,” beside
forty or fifty men who have arrived on
foot; 200 horses out of the three squad
rons are dead. Our losses were so great
bccau-e we dared not content ourselves
with staining the batteries, but we were
obliged to break through the first
and eeoond lines of the infantry. As
we were attacking the second line, French
cuirassiers came in our rear, and so I think
many of our meu have f.*eea taken prison
ers. .As I, with Lieutenant Campbell by
my side and a sergeant, came first into the
batteries, I looked for the enemy’s major,
who was about to draw his revolver, but
before he let it off I gave him such a cut
over the face that he fell from his horse.
Ad officer then aimed two steps from me,
but he was cut down by my sergeant and
Lieut. Campbell. My horse got another
wound.
Ihe fight was rot pursued after this,
but each of us could say that God s mercy
had alone protected u«, for, out of the 11
“Z ige” which I led in (five were detached).
A Soldier’:* Account of Gravc
lotte.
The Progres de Lyon gives the follow
ing circumstantial account of the battle of
the 18th, by a soldier:
You have heard of our battle on the
18th; what slaughter again from ten
o’clock till nightfall. The Prussians occu
pied the woods, from the heights which
command Briey to the railroad which
skirts the Moselle. The Marshal had re
turned at full speed bv the Woippy road ;
they said in camp we would have anew
army to o ush —a fresh army, which came
from Treves and meant to throw us back
on Prince Frederick Charles. The enemy
suffers more than we do; he may hold the
inhabitants to ransom, but there is no
bread for so many, no more wine, no more
help for the wounded, nothing for the
sick, whose number increase every day.
They have no tents, and those poor devils
of the laudwehr alieady shake with fever,
or run to the brooks to wash their red
eyes. At 11 o’clock they overfbwed us.
We thought for a moment that they were
cutting off our left by the Etain road.
Their artillery under cover cfwcodwas
sending gnpe amoDg us point blank ; my
poor, go and G., who was behind me, to the
est of the second rank, received three
jails full in the chest. That day
projectiles carried well. They fired from
above in the thicket, and we had but one
resource —to find a road by which we could
take them in flank and dislodge them. My
commandant, the good old man whom you
know, had lead in his thigh. He grew visibly
paler. I embraced him that night at Saint
Privat with the joy of a child. It was not
possible to send him to the ambulance. A
large blue handkerchief, well twisted round
the wounded thigh, was the only dressing
it had. This old grumbler dragged him
self about thus till night. At 2 o’clock v •
lost our footing; odc would have thought
that fresh troops arrived every moment for
the enemy. But on the left, under the
little village of Amanvilhers the Chas
seurs sounded to charge. Our men re
covered courage on hearing the clarion
sound. The cannon roared among the
pines which crowned the first quarry;
Canrobort was coming with his reserves,
Bourbaki was going to support the move
ment. We had once before repulsed the
enemy, our sharpshooters were keeping pp
the devil’s own fire through the smoking
gaps in the wood which we had at our
backs when we arrived The regiment
went up the OLly slreetjof the village at
full speed—a rocky road, which turns ab
ruptly toward the second quarries, to the
right of the church and cemetery. This
movement was s > rapid that we lest but
few men in it. Three or four wounded
men dragged themselves to the oak clumps
between Champenon 3Dd Lorry. From
our new position above the first quarries
we could see in the valley the grenadiers
driving the enemy cut of the copse which
was burning to the left cf the hollow road,
and almost under our feet, two batteries
sheltered behind the heaps of rough stones.
In front, between Saint Privat and Don
court, the eteiny was reforming almost in
the open on the plateau which bounds the
woods of Jaumont to the right. Two
little farms were burning on the edge of
the woods: the peasant abandoned ail to
tumble down the steep slopes and get to
the other side of the Moselle. That even
ing we had to break the doors in to put
some of our wounded out of reach of the
damp. The battle recommenced more
furiously than at il and 12 o’clock. But
we had no .more to fear from the side of
Sainte Marie aux Cbene?, nothing to
fear on the side of Briey. We held the
famous semicircle under cover in our town,
only we held it from south to west, and
the road to Metz was fully occupied.
The Marshal had gone to the left, he wished
to direct the movement ; one more effort
and we w.ent to form in masses on the
edge of the ravine. The white lancers
came to find themselves thrust on the
bayonets at the opening to Amanyillers ;
our grenadiers ascended with drums beat
ing toward the plateau, without burning
a sir gle cartridge. It was magnificent. I
had my sabre under my left arm, like a
•nan who is there to look on, not to fight.
The fire was spreading to the north, and
came in one’s face like puffs of hot wind.
It was then the great movement from left
to right was made, by the ravine and the
quarries. I did not see what happened
there, but two comrades of the brave 10th
said this morning that no one could im
agine such a slaughter. Never mind, it
was rough work, and the ranks had to
close in very often. And we know what
awaits us on the other side of the river.
When I have time I will send you a ne
crological list, which will sugge.-t singular
reflections to amateurs. Keep up your
heart.
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