Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-02-07


tie OF Marengo was won by chance, and
that OF Hohenlinden according to the &C
khowledged art OF war.
fhe pre-eminancc Of these two battles
was constant subject Of dispute tstweeD
the GRIMES of Italy and of the Rhine and
ia was indeed the principal cause Of Buo-
snapsrte's jealousy Of Noreau. Nay .was
well aware Of this, ard was consta,,. in
ms cntieayours 90 imlucc Moreau to de-
Clare against Baosapaite. and by cuup
re aiain, usurp himself he ssyere;at,
power. Thisbe declared .r.lisAf be eas;ty
fone, by carryipg OFF noaapartc fSe.n tie
plaa,ie, when he vas onivsuri,A,.,,leSl wish
his .fi0feRga,is. The name ai,ss,l Z, .ae ia
neralswhe lad lpaghtat M;.en;o AMI wa,
were much less tnoitsht ofi- P;..sis thaa
The ccaqaer0rs Fat lioiealia,l.U. rae
attachment Of Ney to General Mnreaa
lsuddenly ceased, On tie v1Sw 1t ti,e
saYours to &c obtained at re nea- rnast
| vi -IIortessa. tlitce:; az HI
land, procured him in marriage yopnr
iady, to whom she secretly gave lsrse
marriage portion. This WAS sls;icieil.
!nr tee Migrate. Soen aR5r. he accused
siosesa of disaErvtion 20 lr,ao,lasartc.-
Could we closely observe tie caatemgt;ble
motives Tor the - tons Of these tacn. who
have uuderservedly been called great, lml
which are orly to be seen ut dis.arce,
different indeed would have 5een the 81.
tir,alon IN which the world had ton loia
held these famed hcroes.-.,.ic of the
great causes Gi, ofencc that is,ionaparte
hada@aInst Horeau was connected With
;lse before mentioned battles. Alta din
ner gwen by MORGAN To several of his oi.i-
Icers, he said, & Drink my comrades to Tire
glory n the battle IF Hoteui;adea. and
lcohJ tSS6R 70 thai # .tIareago f'--Oa Rae
ln,apefte's having made no his mind lobe
elected Emneror. he sent for Gereral Ney.
| ana al,er same conversation, said 10 him
-r-'' Republican, You tremble INT will
make you marshal of IErauce.'' After
tins laicrview, Bounaparte went to his
VIE Josephine, and said to her--a Mad
amc, shall be Emperor = What pled.e
OF it has your Majesty,s' and JGse,hine
Is,iilingly. II have made twenty Mar.
sh2is be:dre declaring myself Soyefeien.-
Is oct I'm, actually fOreing them to employ
thea9setYes IN becoming instrumental to,
my grandeur i''
Notwithstanding, however, these bad
traits Cd Ney, candour obIiges US to con
tess, that in the disastrous retreat frc,n
Russia, the admirable GOODNESS and self
possession ofNey saved the wreck of tie
frsacp army, while Buonaparte, rs usual.
careini othis own person, fed. with eau
iMncoart IN disgraceiul DISCUSSES. M.
6ellerai in the French army Better knew
when and where to give battle, or ~, iict-
ed with more accuracy its success Or fai
lure, than Ncy he was tie oniv General
VIM dared TO counsel Buonaparie to pass
the winter 10 Poland, and not 10 pursue
MS expedition to Russia. - What will
the Par!slan gentlemen say f"repIed Bo-
naparte,p that my fortune is changed !
that. must not be-" Bonapafte in his
Isrestestglory was not sufficiently strong
TO deplse The 6d6biers Of the capital-His4
army, glutted with pIunder, ard anxious
Tor farther pillage, was as blind as him
sell while in Paris there was scarcely.
a room, coffee house, or public place.
where they did not only condemn the ex-
petition, but predicted that the Russians
wouid burn their whole country. rather
than submit to the yoke Of ,onaperte.
The last epoch ofthe life of Ncy proves
ms INCONSISTENCY and his love Of money
Burdened as ne was with fhe faross OF 10.
naparte, he almost cont5aaaalgd HIN 60 ca
PItuiate at Fontain5sean. Talleyra9d then
CHEF 1.-THE provincial gpyernment. having
fount some chests iuli Of gold which b.
naparte had hidden, he counted out mil
lion TO Ney, to give him sufficient firm
ness to announce to the Emperor The ne
cessity for his solicitation.
Neys they say, also received 500,00GI
francs from Louis XVIII, when he made
the famous declaration that.he was soine
to briag Bncnaparte to Paris. In the de-
fence published by his Counsel, lie denies
tbls perhaps the Marshal only received
-s'5D,gyO; Il so, according to tins school oil
morality. he was in h0R9r bound to DENY
having received the former mentioned
sum Of 100000 francs! a view of the
following last traits will prove the mutaoi-
lily oil his OPTIONS.
One Gay SIR. Talleyrand, viii, party. |
we're speaking of Boneparte when Ney
entered the rcOni--s. You come very eDr6- |
pos to decide question tsald 'FaIIcyraMi;1 |
they are maintaining here that the cours 70
OF Bonapartc is very pr0DlemaIcaI I: what |
do yea think oft y Bonaparte's cur
age ! (repIied be briskiy} lie has neae |
whom he wished to make itselieyed that he !
iiad run great dangers in a battle, he or
dered into the hottest Of the ijnIit some :, |