The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-06-09

, to burn the who'll citv--on this head, too,
! he was increGulous, until he saw, himself,
| from on high, the flames bursting from the
roofs of the vast mansions of the nobility,
driven in every direction with amazing rap
lidity by violent wind that shifted at every
moment, and soon envelopng entire and in
Streets No other conhagration
Of tlae habitntions of man ever equalled this
Ia "a ~ & Tie variety of awful circmstan-
n a 9srfibed by Segur with the hand
al 4 nS Ss.i he food of light first fell up
adn NJ. }suslin at midnight; and the lmnper-
ial III ia xs>haa tnemsepies neglgently left
d, iva sslieA Aof powder un9Ar the very window
of their master. Had aAsingle fake OF the
many that few over theirf'heads, descended
mon a cQison, all would Have been destroy.
ed together, and this danger continued for
several hours, without being needed by any
one in the general confusion and constcrna
tion of the scene.
Napoleon was aroused bv the mingled
blaze Of the fite and the morning; for, those
who watched did not dare 10 disturb his rest,
He was thrown into extreme agitation, when
he beheh the sea Of fame. He remained
obstnately in his apartments until the ap-
proach Of night; Murat, Prince Eugene, and
Berthier, beseeching him. on their Knees, to
withdraw .to. a place of gre1Nw security. 1t
was not until The KremEMNhad frequently
.eaught fire, that he waspersindcei TO rctreat
I by psiyate stair way, and sgiier himself 70
be condacsed to the chateau fot Petrowsky,
about leagle distant on the road to u. fe-
tersburg. Onhis way thither, through mar
row passages and streets burning hercelE,
! his life was repeatedly in extreme danger,
and rescued only BY the accidental ard OF
I soldiers who were cropping about II quest of
n,t A,st 1f+
I ber) the city rescmbled vast lire-sPout,
4 scaled and colouring the heavens; and after
gazing for a long timc in mourntal and pro-
found silence, lie cXclamed-"l his indeed,
is for US, the presasc Of great mistortuncsH
\ To clear the ruins in part and hud means Of
subsistence were the first occupations OF tue
army: y:s-and Ieacc became the principal and
eager wish of ta,hcsd. Whatever Illusions
remained in the nii,ids Of either were dissi-
patedcompletely by the first fall OF s1io7@,
+ though hc continued 10 talk thus
"perhaps, 5she inhabitants had renamed
4 | might net have been able TO keep under 50
4 large population; or sleep ~ the hrcmllh
without being murdered. They lave lett US
But ruins, still we are quiet here, Millions
ot money are lost 10 us but the Rtsslans have
losttcns 81 millions. Now her pade IS ruined
for a century. The nation i thrown back
fifty Years; this. at all events, IS mighty
result.
III calculated that texanaer would yield
aud grasp 1t The peace he offered ltwas
known, ii length. thlt the complacency With
Which the Russians welcomed his first cn-
Wy was merely strataS gem 10 detain him at
Moscow, and thu. To terms were . be eH-
peoted' Then the cry Il rsSfedf arose IRON.
hls o'hcers aad so!aiers; nc hesitated, tenn
pcr@eG: as the ely continued clear, he point
81 % the oritlials san and asked Ills advisers
Whether they cid net recognize his star
ncyertAeless,thc sisn for retrogradc move
melt could 10 longer b deferred, and Oh tile
10Th October he led f5sth his whole host
Mn Er-