Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1810-11-30

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sundry pals of water on his naked body, a
alresdv related.
The marshal was remarkable, above al
other thugs, by his unreserved franknes
of speech. From his feelings on this sub
jeet, he could not, without being shocked
listen to those %equivoSal phrases, thos,
ambiguous dictated by hatterv
fear, or b~aseness. Accordingly, any off
Ger who u~niuckily answered him in tina
manner, was forever lost in his opinion
He called those kind Of people Mesnaiou
a Russian word, meaning I dant know
possibly perhaps.
When he wanted to know whether an,
individual possessed frmness of mind, h,
would take a delight in often putting to him
suddenly, and before every one, the mos
out of the way questions. He thought bu
little of those, who, through reserve Of
timidlty, could not answer him and, or
the contrary, he conceived a high esteer
tor those whose repartees were sprightly
concise and witty. "IIe," would he say
" who is put out of countenauce by mer.
words, is likely to be much more perplexee
by an unexpected attack from the cnemy.'
Frequently, too, he would intrust to hi
officers the duty of writing his oficisl ac
counts. His esteem and his friendship
were the rewards OF the sagacity and acti
witty manifested in the execution ofthat task
These two qualities he impaired to all a
round him all felt the electrical shock
The words Idon't knoW; Icaanof imb9a.
sibL /; were blotted out OF his dictionary
They were replaced by these: Learn; do
try.
After perusing the foregoing, DO one
Will be surprised to learn, that Souworow
mad a great antipathy TO courtiers. He no
only called them all Aie5hG7oa, bue he be,
sides chose them as the constant butts O
bis sarcasms, which were the more bitter,
as ne stopped at nothing, named every one.
and had a very s~atirlcai turn of mind, ane
OF expression. lie was often heard tc
speak openly, truths, which neither the
presence OF the sovereign, nor that CT tht
parties Interested, nor, in short, any con.
slderation, could induce him TO repress
ihis conduct, as might be expected, made
him a great number of enemies at court
whore ne was detested. Intrigue and Ca.
bal followed him into the very midst Of
camps, struggling to deface his fame.
Sooworow always showed himself yer,
strict on the score of subordination. The
most trla'ng fault of disobedience, wa,
punished by a severe chastisement mark
ed with the usual oddity of his temper
He had conceived the idea of setting him
self up as a pattern of subordination to hi
army, and he thus proceeded to effect it
"He told Tichlnka, to order him Il
Leave the table, whenever he should per
ceive that through a sense of mind, he con
tinued eating beyond his usual appetite
tie would then turn towards him with
grave, and, at the same time a comical look
andask him: By What authoYityp sB,
order from marshal Souworow.' H
mast be o6eyea,' would he say, laughing
and Instantly leave the table. he sam,
farce was acted, when his occupations KEEP
him too long confined. Tichinka then or
dered him to go out. He made the sam,
question his aide-de-camp made the sam,
answer and the marshal went Immediate
ly to take a walk.
This old warriour was very pious. Hi
first care after rising, either at night or a
daybreak, was to say his prayers. He ais,
prayed for a long time in the evening be
fore going to bed. In common with al
Russians, he had a great reliance on S,
Nicholas. He attended divine service wild
much composure singing the Office alonI
with the priest, and accompanying his sing
ing with many jlfks and contortions. Dar
ing his exile at Novorogod, in his 7otf
year, Souworow, by a superstitious oddity
wonld wreak the indfatigable activity fiji
temper on the bells of his village, of whieI
he got himself elected parish clerk. Fl
alone, night and day, rang the peals 70
the different Offices; which he afterward