Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-08-09
From ne dlerundJiG GaseiH.

Anecdotes. and especially these which treat
Of ceeb'ated personages. are received and read
with pleasure. MAREscHAL My holds verY
Conspicuous slatI"n among the great men u
modern times, 10 ore will dispute have,
therefore" translated the following one relat
t. him. thinking that il would he entertaining 10
the readers II the Gazette. K.
THE MENDIC mt OF CAMDRAY
Stationed, always, at the Exterior entrance Of
the gate Of Paris, he stretches forth a mutt ated
arm 10 the travellers and passengers, and mir
el.s With his amenisbe applications for char.
ty, name replete with recnllsciionS.
Hi, pby slognomv. strong marked, bears the
ndelble stamp of misery and its fatal con
sequences. low forehead. the Dimensions Of
whirh Gall would accuse of incapscily dull
ewes features debased by low and servle hab.
its disclose to the eye OF the observer being
whom misery aud contagious examples have
branded from his earliest youth. There only
remeius with hin, thar selish instinct nj prrscr-
walton and well-being v hich ennubles whI,h
pnriies even, IN a contain degree, a "pll-dirstted
education j; hat Uhch il not combaued urh,
Supplies and drhasps
And yet, nevertheless. this miserable being
ia. in some measure, associated with one o!
those extraordinary dpstnies, MIXTURES Of un-
heard-ot glory and fatal reverse, which are
taxed with improbahiy III a romance. and Of
which the French Revolution offers so many
wonderful examples.
One evening in the year 1887, MArAsAR,
with many OF his COMMUNICATIONS like HIM
self, in the Ctc@eurs dc VintimMe were ca
Tcnsing in a cabaret of Dona,.--The hnssars
of the Colonel Gtueral Regiment oaroase5.
likewise, in the same chamber. The haccha''
aiaus, "nlivpned by the wtuP they had drank,
raised thrir joyous and noisy voices, and sang
10 choir. Young LorrsIuer who was shhnS
IN hr midst Of the husSars. more mnthful sh',
elevated his voiCe. and sang IN tone ahnVe "'
the rest. This dispieased NtIasssrt. Heated,
m Fever, By ample libaiicns, he grossly abused
the Young hussar--tha husssr r@plied-Insu'f
passed between them-Sshres we've qhlck?
drawn, and frahrnl cut from his antagonI'!
divided the sinews vi the righl hama Of Mdllas-
sart.
No '"ngnr able, on account Of his wound, "
perform military duty, be returned to his n"i'Ve
CITY. Ihere, without enrrgY and wIibout
ente prize, he dragged forth a miserable arr
vngabond life, where labor would have ohefe'
better, and especially q more HONORABLE. eSi'.
ience. He even committed a robbery, and eS'
plated his offence BY Eve long years OF fnpi's'
onmpnt.
lie had been re'easei from prison severe
months. " hen day he saw all the garrison o.
CambraV drawn out aud under aImS u wa
passed in review by "A Duke, ami Ma:esehs' o.
France. he pressed through the crowd -
sec, more adVants eously, the celebrated "''-
nor "h1 occupied s:a;iUn So brilliant and 81
elevated.
II was Tao kussar who had wounded him. l.
was Michael Npv.
While he, a miserable meudican', suffered al
that 'dleness, misery and vice have, OF The mo,'
hard and The most infainnus-ihe man WIN
whom he had once crossed weapons IN SingF
combat. and with whom b" once stood on H'
equality. was row celebrated commander
For him, (MaIasssrt) oae day was ever ~
another, " the same to-day, yesterday aod lor'
ever But (tou.e the expresson,) each DAY
Of the ~ stence OF Marschal Ney was marie"
with fTesi honor and a new step on the h'S"-
way to fortune. During tie short space q lew
ears, he had distinguished nimstli at Aten'
h'echen, oberneIsch, Wur'zburg. and upon e''