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meath the heaps Of slain load q! horses by which
they were crushed. Six thousand Of these noble
animals encountered the field maddened with
pain, were shrieking aloud amidst the siiiicd
groans Of the wounded. Suhdued by loss of blood,
tanned by cold, exhausted by hunger, the focnan
lay side by side amidst the general wreck. The
Cos<ack To- be seen beside the Italian; the gay
vino dresser, from the smiling banks Of the Cav
onns, lay as,crn with tic peasant from the plains
Of the Ukraine The extremity Of suffering had
extinguished alike the fiercest and the most gen
erOus passiOns.--Aftcr his usual custom, Napoleon,
in tho afternoon rode this dreadful field, accom-
panied BY his generals and saff-. while the still
burning piles OF Serpalien and Saussga-ien sent
volumes Of black s.n Ike the scene of dealt, :;
but the mon exhibited none Of their won,cd en'hu-
siasm; no cries Of Vire Tempereur we're heerl.
HENRY CLAY.--Henrv Clay was the son Of II
Baptist Minister, and born in Hanover coun-
ty, Virginia. on the 18th Of April. l777. He in
hcritcd nothing bit the ines,imable privileges Of
an American citizen. At an carly age he was
placed in the office of Mr.. Tinsicv, clerk Of the
high court Of ci,ancerv. In this situation he gave
such proofs OF uncommon capacity. that he acquir
cd tho friendship and patronage Of chancellor
Wyhe and Of Gov crnor Brooke an by tacis advice
he studied law Immediately after his admission
to the b1r, he proceeded 10 Kentucky, spent some
further time IN study, and then opened an Office.
He was soon IN CIil practice; and he went into
the Kentucky convention for forming n new con-
stitution, and cxel,ed himself both in and out o!
il, 10 procure the abolition Of slavery. In n few
years he became speaker in the Legislature Of
Kentucky; and 10 his experience in that Office, he
and his country were indebted foc his uncxam-
pied success as speaker Of the House ofRepresen-
taiives in jngrcss. While vet a Young man,
he twice chosen to serve for short periods in
the Senate Of the United States. In the chair Of
the House Of Representatives, Mr. Clay did not
himself from the INVESTIGATION and diScua-
sion Of every great question. In 1914 he was
Withdrawn from Congress to n new station, that
Of foreign minister; and he bore an important and
honorable part in the prudent and able negocia-
ton Of peace at Client. and subsequently in the
formation Of commercial convention witt, Great
Britain. On his return TO the United States, he
was offered by Mr.. Madison the Mission to Russia,
and -eat in the Cabinet; both Of which he sue
ccssivcly declined. Mr.. Monroe offered him a
Department, and the mission TO Great Hritain,
which he also declined. He still preferred that
great theatre of his triumpls the popular assem-
big Of the nation, and as he expressed him
self, "to draw sanewhat longer in the traces of |
the profession He came forward early and foar- |
lessiy the advocate for the recognition OF South
American independence; and there ire few arnes |
more intimately and happily associated through !
out this hemisphere with that great and cio-ioIs
boon to seven rising nations than That Of Henry
Clay. Equally scasonaLle and bold were his cx-
rrtious in favor of domestic indsrv and it is but
inst say that he I,as done more for j, than any
other man living. Fer free and un,iriug in the |
cause of Anne rica and of man. lie united with our
Webster i'll sending across the Atlantic the voice /
Of comfort md encouragement to the Greeks In !
1925, Mr.. Adams elevated tothc OK ,cuivc seq
and to the illustrious lawyer. legislator and |
statesman Of the West he did no less tiln each of
his immediate predecessors had done, he offered
him scat in tho cabinet; which MIR. Clay accept
rd.--Nortl,crn Star, 1927