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The Huron Expositor, 1870-08-26, Page 2Gen. Von Moltke. The commander of the Prussian army, under the King, is Hellmuth Freiherr Von Moltke, whose military title is " Lieuten- ant General and Chief of the General Staff. He was born October 26, 1800, and conse- quently, lacks but a few rnonths,of being 70 years old. He belongs to an old gamily in Mecklenburg. Soon after his birth, his birth, bis father, a military officer, left Mecklenburg for an estate in Holstein. At the age of 12 young young Moltke, with a brother, was sent to the Militar Acade- my in Copenhagen, whose rigid liscipline and military frugality laid the o ndation of his future character. In 1822 he enter- ed the Prussian service as a Coronet. His family having become_ impoverished, he was forced to maintain himself for many years upon the moderate pay of his inferior rank ; but, by the practice of economy and self-de- nial, he wasenabled to obtain instruction in various modarn languages. His auilities were soon recognized. From 1835 to 1839 he was in Turkey and Asia Minor, having been sent their by the Prussian Govern- ment to report on the war with Mehemet Ali. After his return, he rapidly advanc- to the rank of General, without, however, leaving the General stiff. He is represent- ed as a man of great modesty and,simplici- ty ; is extremely reserved, and bears the surname of "The Silent." His composure and equanimity are the same on the battle- field as in the council. The great achievement of his life is the campaingn of 1866, against Austria, which was planned by him and executed under his direction. C: hen, in May, 1866, in conse- quence of the action ot the Bund, Prussia declared the old German Confederation dis- solved. the admirable skill with which her military preparations had been made was evident. She was enabled to notify Sax- ony, Hanover, and Hesse Cassel to reduce their armies, and consent to the assembling of the German Parliament, and to command compliance with these terms in twenty-four hours. These powers failing to respond, the Prussian army, next day, crossed and took possession of the three kingdoms-. War was declared against Austria, and the army marched into Bohemia. - The Austrians Were taken by surprise. The Prussians moved in three Eines ; the centre under the command of Prince Frederick Charles ; the right wing under General Von Bittenfield, and the left under Prince Frederick Willi- am, "our Fritz," who has recently driven back the right wing of the French under General McMahon. The declaration of war was made on. the 20th of June. On the 24th the Prussians entered Bohemia. There were almost daily fights by each of the three armies, which effected a union on the 1st of July, and, on the 3rd of that month, fought the great battle of Sadowa, which destroyed the Austrian army under Benedeck, and ended the war. The whole campaign, involving a reorganization of Germany, lasted less than three weeks. It was magnificently planned and brilliantly executed. The same military genius to which Prus- sia rus-si i owed the victory ot 1866, is now direct- ing the successful operations of they Praissian armies, which, instead of defending Berlin; as it was proposed they should do by the French Emperor, are now carrying on the war on French soil, and forcing the :cam- paign to a a decisive issue on one of the roads to Paris. If this war shall terminate in the triumph of Prussia, the name of Moltke will stand among the great captains of Prussia.. - F •w111. Can Prussians Whip Frenchmen. Referring to the battles of 1812, 1814, and 1816, in which the Prussianswere oft- en exclusively pitted against °the French alone, so as to afford test trials of the relat- ive fighting prowess of these t-vo peoples, a well-informed. European writer in the Gin= cinati Commercial, Mr.. Daniel Roemer, says :--- " There were ten great battles in 1812, namely : Lttzen, May ; Bautzen, May 20 and 21 ;..Lucknau, June 3 ; Cross Bee- ren; August 2 ; Katzbach, August 29 ; Dresden, August 26 and 27 ; Kulm, Au- gust 30 ; Dennewitz, September 6 ; Leip- zig, October 16, 18, and 19 ; Hanau, Oc- tober 29 and 30, besides the engagement of Wartenberg, October 3, the combat of Mo- ekern, near Madgeburg, April 5, notto be confounded with the battle of Moeckern, October 17. which formed an episode in the battle of Leipzig. The combats of Konigs- warthe and Weissig, May, 18 ; the combat Am Goerder Wald, September 16 ; the combat near Weimer, whose date I have forgotten, and :innumerable smaller fights, impossible to remember. The only battlaa in which Prussians alone, without being encumbered by Russians or Austrians, fought the French, were Luck - non, Gross-Beeren, Katzbatch and Denne- witz, and the engagement of Wartenberg, in all five of which the Prussians were vic— torious. ictorious.. The battle of Dennewitz is, more- over, the most glorious victory of this cen- tury.—Forty thousand Prussians under Bu - low utterly routed seventy thousand French- 'men under Ney. No nation can show such a glorious victory in the Present century. In the year 1814 there were six important battles : La Rother, Feb. 1, Barasur Aube, Feb. 27, Lean, March 9 and 10 ; Monter- au; March 15, Arcis sur Aube, March 20 ; and Paris, March 30 ; then the engage- ment of Craonne, March 8, if I remember right, the combats of Chempaubert; Van - chimps Etoges, and Montmirail, besides mmol fights,as for instance La Fere Cham- penoise. Of these the Prussians alone en- gaged the French at . Leon, Etoges, and Montrnitail, in the first victoriously, in the two latter they were beaten. In 1815 there were two battles, Ligney and Waterloo, and two engagements at Quatrebras and THE HURON EXPOSITOR. Wavre, besides the smaller fights. Of these the Prussians fought alone at Ligney and Wavre In the former they were beat- en ; the latter was undecided. •.' How to Obtain Rain. We published, sometime after the Cri- mean War, a short account of a series of ob- servations, made by a chemist of St. Brieuc, M. Le Maout, flom,.:which` it appeared that the cannonading at Sebastopol had affected the barometer at Britanny, notwithstand- ing the 600 leagues which lay between that province and the theatre of war. The present. drouth having suggested to several scientific men the idea of bringing on rain by cannonading on a large scale, M. Le Maout, whose observations have been quot- ed in support of this view, takes up the question again, and mentions various in- stances in which, at all events, we may rec- ognize a singular coincidence of main with the noise of a battle -field. Thus, the en- gagement of Ligney and that of Gemappe, both of which preceeded the memorable day 'of Waterloo, attracted a storm which for twelve hours drenched the ground with tor- rents of rain, rendering all military man- aeuvers impracticable. During the siege of Artwerp, the belligerents were exposed to constant rain. The Austrians were saved from utter destruction at Solferino by the timely hurricane that rendered pursuit im- possible. As regards Sepastapol, M. Le Maout having carefully watched the weath- er and barometer, compared timesas the news came in, says that he could tell before- hand when fighting was _going on, because the concussion of the air produced its effect, within 100 and 200 minutes. The sky then became overcast and a drizzling rain would soon fall, frequently followed by heavy showers, and then by wind. Iiume- diately after the mercury would rise. All this was produced, not only by a cannonade, but,a continuous noise. - M. Le Maout now proceeds to examine how rain may be got at Paris. The first condition of success is that there should blow a southwest wind carrying with it heavy masses of clouds ; the next that the';' barometer should mark less than 76 centimetres. The cannonade should then be begun, not at Paris, but at Cherbourg, where the atmosphere is charged with aqueous vapor.. The best time will be in the morning before the shroud of mist hanging over the sea has been dissipated by the s:tn's rays. Several batteries should be -fired simultaneously, at intervals of a quart- er of an hour ; and if this cannonade Were to coincide .with some religious festival' re- quiring the bells to be rung, the effect would be much .more certain. M. Le Maout goes perhaps a little too far when he proposes to transfer the firing to Brest in order to keep the rain when there has ben enough of it, provided the wind in that case be blowing due east. Sam Lawson on Courting. BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. "I 'member I used, to lead the singin' in them days, and Miry she used to sing coun- ter, so we sot putty near together in the singers' seat ; and I used to think Sunday mornin's when she come to meetin' in her white dress, and her red cheeks, and her bonnet all tipped off .with laylock, that 'twas for all the world just like a june sun- rise to have her come into the singers' seat. Thein was the days that I didn't improve my privileges, boys," said Sam, sighing deeply. " There was times that ef I'd a spoke, there's no nowin' what mightn't a' happened, 'cause you see, boys, I was better lookin' in them days than I be now. Now you mind, boys, when you grow up, ef you get to waitin' on a nice gal, and you're most a mind to speak upto her, don't you go and put it off, 'cause ef you do, you may live to repent it. " Wal, you "lee from the time that Bill Elderkin come and took the academy, I could see plain enough that it was time for me to hang up my fiddle. Bill he used to set in the singers' seats, too, and he would have it that he sung tenor. . He no more sling tenor than a skunk blackbird, but he made believe he did, jest to get next to Miry_ in the singers' seats, and they used to be a writin' backward and forward to each other till they tore out all the leates of the hymn -books and' the singin'-books besides. Wal, I never thought the house of the Lord was jest the place to be-ceurtin' in, and I used to get consid'able shocked at the way things went on atween 'em. Why, they'd be_ a writin' all sermon -time ; and I've seen him a lookin' at her all through the long prayer in a way that wa'nt right. consider - in' they was both professors of religion. But then the fact was, old Black Hoss John was to blame for it, 'cause he never let 'em have no chance to hum. Ye see old Black Hoss he was sot ag'in Elderikin 'cause he was poor. You •see his mother, the old Widdah Elderkin, she was jest about the poorest, peakedest old body over to Sher- buine, and out to days' works, and Bill El- derkin he was all for books 'and larnin', and old Black Hoss John he thought it was shiftlessness; but Miry she thought he `vas a genius, and she got it sot into her mind that he was goin' to be President o' the United States, or some sich. "Wal, old Black Hoss he wan't none too polite to Miry's beaux in gineral, but.when Elderkin used to come and see her, he was snarlier than a saw ;; he had'nt a good word for him noways; and he'd rake up the fire right before his face and, eyes, and rattle about fastening up the windows, and tramp sup to bed, and was sort o' aggravatin' every way. "Wal, ef folks wants to get a gal set on havin' a man. that are's the way tc, go to work. Miry had a consid'rble stiff will of her own, and ef she din't care about Tom Beacon before, she hated him now ; slid if she liked Bill Elderkin before, she was clean gone over to him now ; and so she took to goin' to the Wednesday-ovening lecture, and the Friday -evening prayer-meetin', and the singing -shoot, jest as regular as a clock, and so did he; and afterwards they walked home the longest way. ;,Fethers may jest as well let their gals be courted in the house, peaceable, 'cause if they can't be courted there, they'll find places where they can be ; it's jest human nature'."— Atlantic Monthly for August. zooK OITT FOR. BARGAINS NEW GOODS JUST RECEIVED, EMBRACING THE LATEST STYLES In English and Canadian TWEEDS, BY WM. CAMPBELL, Merchant Tailor, New York iouse, SEAyORTI3; ONT. CENrLE M EN, :1T7'I{;\TIO\! Hats that are HATS ! A Fine Assortment of GENTS' HATS! OF THE VERY LATEST FASHIONS, JUST RE- CEIVED AT THE NEWYORK HOUSE WM. 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