. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. hstein-to General Countvon Mensdorff-Ponilly, of Lothringian descent, like the AustrianImperial House itself, so that peace was actually negotiated inthe very mansion of the Imperial Minister for Foreign Affairshimself. Has not the Count Mensdorff-Ponilly, as the heir of the Dietrichsteins through hiswife, been recently raisedto princely rank under thetitle of Nicolsburg ? As Napoleon the Firstresided here after the bat-tle of Austerlitz, so didWilliam I. reside here af-ter the battle of Sadowa;the castle has historical rec-ollections enough. Cou
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. hstein-to General Countvon Mensdorff-Ponilly, of Lothringian descent, like the AustrianImperial House itself, so that peace was actually negotiated inthe very mansion of the Imperial Minister for Foreign Affairshimself. Has not the Count Mensdorff-Ponilly, as the heir of the Dietrichsteins through hiswife, been recently raisedto princely rank under thetitle of Nicolsburg ? As Napoleon the Firstresided here after the bat-tle of Austerlitz, so didWilliam I. reside here af-ter the battle of Sadowa;the castle has historical rec-ollections enough. CountBismarck contemplated themagnificent pile on hisarrival intently, and thensaid with grave mirth tohis companions: My oldmansion of Schonhausenis certainly very insignifi-cant in comparison with this splendid building, therefore I ambetter pleased that we should be here at Count MensdorfFs, thanthat he should now be at my house! In these final days of July the preliminaries of JSTicolsburgwere completed, which resulted in the peace of PRAGUE. 407 -A- -S -X- -5f if 4t The battle was over, victory had been attained ; then weak-ness and illness assailed Bismarck worse than ever. The oldpains of nervous rheumatism came more terribly than before;but he kept himself up by the power of the will, for his Kingwas still in want of him. On the 3d of August Bismarck wrote to his wife, on his re-turn from Prague— that fated city, where heroes sicken —asfollows:— Prague, 3d August, 1866. I have stolen away from the railway station, and am waitinghere alone, and without luggage, until the King arrives, and afterhim my packages. This moment of compulsory inactivity Iemploy in greeting you from hence, and telling you that I amwell, and hope to be in Berlin to-morrow night. The King is inexcellent health. The multitudes between here and the stationare so packed that I fear there will be accidents. Evening.—The King came quicker than I expected, and sincethen we have had busines
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