Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-03
terror relations which were 10 be established
with England. BourT iennes' Memories.

the princely title with Which ms imperial mas
ter entitled him in the field. But the most
valuable service he ever rendered France was
in the deplorable retreat from Moscow. His
station was in the rear-the post Of danger
and of honor-and he was the chief, if not
(excepting Napoleon himselO the only, heps
OF the troops. In the story of this fight
for such il was every thing was so won
derful that poslerity would dlsbelieye the
details, If one contemporary voice had been
raised against them. That with handful oil
worn out followers, destitute of every ne
cessaty he should repel the assaults and ar
rest The progress OF uhtired, well-proyided, and
counties iegIons that while his heroic little
band was daily diminished by hunger, cold, aud
lassItude, he should yet bid defiance to the
" hole Russian host in a word that Ney's des-
pirate vaiOur should have secured the escape OF
any remnant of the grand army must ever
command the establishment Of the world. Al
one time, after leaving Krasno, the whole
Russian army lay between him aud Napoleon
bur, though the intervening legions. When
summoned by Miorado witch to captulate, " d
Marshal oil France never surrenders !" was
his only reply, as he tearlessly led his devoted
companions against the destructive batteries
of the Lusmina III tnen made circuit at
midnight 10 the banks OF the Dnieper, which
he crossed on blocks of ice, 10 spite OF opposi
ton, and finally with 500 men, joined the
Emperor. We'll might Napoleon be unable to
hod language suii 20 express his admiia-
ton OF Tire hero -" What man what a
soldier what vigorous chief - While he
feared that tie marshal had fallen INTO the
hands Of The Russians, he declared that he
would willingly give three millions OF francs
for his ransom His Joy may well be conceived
when Ney returned aud received his embrace.
The latter had soon afterwards the nearly un-
divided honor OF saving the wreck OF this
once mighty host al the passage of the Ber-
ezna The sorry of WaIeGloo need not be re-
peaed here. We shall only observe that on no
occasion did the brayest OF the brave" exhibit
more impeiuous though hopeless yaor. Five
horses were shot under him his garments
were pierced with balls his whole person was
dlsGgurcd with blood and mud, yet he would
have continued the contest Oh foot whlla life
remained, had he not been forced from tue
held by The dense IesIstrss columns of the
fugltlves The Family LibrarV
An Incident al Nararino. 1.-The firing having
ceased at Navarino. SIR Edward CoirIng tnu
sent Lieutenant on bord Moharem Beys
ship, TO offer any medical or other IA sisiance
they might want Thi, vessel with crew OF
probably more than Thousand men, had bu,
one medical officer on board, and he had
been almost the first man killed
in the action. Her loss had been immense END
the, had not thrown the dead o. erboard nor
removed their wounded TO the cockpit, aud the
decks presented most horrible scene of gore
and maneied bodies. Amidst this lrigbtfui
spectacle, about DOZEN Of the principal TuI-
klsh officers, superbly dressed, sat IN the cabin
upon crimson ottmans, smoking with neon
ceivable apathy. willis slaves were handn
them their colteP. Seeing The English uniform
approach their cabin, they ordered oliananS, 4
coffee tor The Lieutenant. who, however, quIck
~ told them thai he had more importau. bus.
ness o a. end To. He gave he admiral CO |
menis, aud offered any assistance. The Gllk-
with ltigid composure. calmly replied that
they stood in no need OF assistance Whatever,
= Shall not our Surgeon attend 10 your woun-
ded = no. gtayely replied the Turk
. wounded men want no assistance Iney soon |
die Returning 10 the -1sia aud communic,-
ting thus scene, sir Edward, after some media.
ton, sad, " Did you observe among them Il
remarkable fine, handsome man, VITA a beard |
more fail and black than the rest ?" " Yes, |
observed him; he was sitting next the Adm-
raj" Return then on board and induce him.
or compel hun, to go with you on board the
GenaQ, aud keep hun there iii | see him.
lie IS the Admlra's secretary | must have
and take with you any person he
may wish to accompany him. The Turk re
paired on board the Genoa without any dilFicul-
", accompanied by several persons 'Vhom lie
requested our officer to take with him Sir Ell.
ward vas closeted with him Ion ytry log time
when he ordered the LleuenanI to put he Tur.
kiSh Sec etary and ms Companions on shore al
day break, wherever they might choose TO land.
Rowing ON shore they saw he wreck OF a mas1,
MI an. "a 4
Turks were endeayoling 10 save themselves.
" must rescue these poor fellows" SAID the
Lieutenant anxiOuSly. 4" They are only com
mon sulilers aud i'll soon die; never mind
them, SAID The Iurk with the most grave com
posure. " IL Is my duly, AM If | did not help
them, should disgrace the service & be repro
we'd 10y the Admiral saying which, the Lieu
tenant pulled toward the mast, and succeeded
in saving about a dozen of these unhappy
As Sooa as ihey were slowed m tie
bottom OF the boat, the TURK, after shor,
but apparently profound meditation, sud.
denly burst into an lmmuderare fit al laugh
Ter. What rs the matter - crIed the
astonished Lieutenant Good God wha,
is there here 10 laugh at ;" Laugh |"
exclaimed the Turk, with bitter Sarcasm.
- laugh-by Allah you English are a siognIa'
people, yesterday you came into tn bay whilst
we were quiet at our coffee ; you knocked our
ships 10 pieces. killed or mangled all our men,
I'll the fleet is one vast Slaughter house aud
his morning you pretend 10 be so humane that
you cannot pass score of wounded soldiers
without putting yourself out of the way o save
them. The Lieutenant was astnunded. and
having no reply 10 offer 10 his odd view ofthe
case, they proceeded to shore in profound ST.
ence. United Service journal
The press in the United States is free enough
n It's structures but some of the London papsrs
carry the liberty of printing still farther We
have now before us several numbers of The
age printed IN London every Saturday MORN
ng. Hhat does the reader think of such para.
graphs as this Al the Duchess of ST, AL
pans party the other day, Lady Guilford re.
marked to Tue Duke, that she was happy 10
see me Duchess 10 such flow of spirits. -
/ hn's no'hlng uncommon. replied the Duke,
she always tull ofsprits = And her spits
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