Southern telegraph., 1838-06-13

oiber trophies Of victory were nearly equal
| " balanced-'he Russians had to boast Q
| the unusual spectacle Of twelve eagle
taken from their antagonists--while the
had made spoil Of sixteen Of the Russian
guns and fourteen standards. Hardly any
prisoners were made on either side during
/ the action; but six thousand Of the wound
ed most Of them in hopeless state, were
left in the field Of battle, and fell into the
| hands Of The French. Never was a specta-
Gle so dreadful as tho field Of battle present
ed on the following morning. About fifty
thousand men lay in the space Of twoleagues
wellerng in blood. Tha wounds were for
the most part of the severesi kind, from the
extraordinary quantity Of cannon balls that
had been discharged during the action and
the close proximity Of the conlending mas
SEES, to the deadly batteries, which spread
grape at half musket shot through their
ranks.
Though stretched on the cold snow. and
exposed to the severity Of an arctic winter,
they were burning with thirst, and piteous
cries were heard on all sides for water or
assistance TO extricate the wounded men
from beneath the heaps Of slain or load of
horses by which they were crushed. Six
thousand Of these noble animals cucumber
ed the field or madened with pain, were
shrieking aloud aMdst the stiiled groans q
the wounded. Subdued by loss Of blood,
tanned by cold, exhausted by hunger, the
foeman lay side by side amidst the general
wreck. The Cossack was 10 be seen be-
side the Italian; the gay vine dresser, from
the smiling bank Of Cayenne lay athwart
the stern peasant from the plains Of the
Ukraine. The extremity Of suffering had
exlinguished alike the fiercest and most ge-
nerous passions After his usual custom,
Napoleon in the afternoon rode through this
dreadful field, accompanied by his generals
and staff white the still burning piles ofSer-
pallen and Saussgarten sent volumes Of
black smoke over the scene of death--but
the men exhibited none Of their wonted en-
thusiasm--no cries Of Vive pEmperor were
heard.-Blackicood's Magazine.
The following is from Miss Marineau's
late work: 1t appears that she does not
think very highly Of our Col. Benton.
The American Senate is a most impo-
sing assemblage. When first entered il J
thought never saw finer set Of heads
than the forty-six before my eyes two only
being absent, and the Union then consist
ing Of twenty-four states. Mr.. Calhoun's
countenance FIRST fixed my attention: the
splendid eye, the straight forehead, sur
! mounted by load Of stiff, upright, dark
d hair; the stern brow, the infexible mouth
it is one Of he most remarkable heads in
The country. Next higH sat his colleague,
Mr.. Preston, in singular contrast; stout in
person, with round, rudy, good humoree
RI face, large blue ewes, and wig, orange
to-day, brown yesterday, and golden to
morrow. Near him sat Col. Benton, a tenn
porary peoples MAR, re markab'e chiefly
for his pomposity. He sat dwelling amid
his piles Of books and papers, looking like a
being designed by nature to be good hu-
mored barber or in-keeper, but forced by
fate to make himself into mock heroic
Senator. Opposite sat tho uanscenden
Webster, with his square forehead and cav
ernous eyes; and behind him the homob
Clay, with the face and figure Of the far
mer, but something Of the air of a divine
from bis hair being combcd straight hacl
from his temples. Nearih them sat SoutharC
, and Porter, the former astute and rapid il
countenauce and gesture; thelatter strange
!, lily mingling a boyish fun and lighmess o
manner and glance with the sobriety suita
Bile to the Judge and the Senator. His kcor
csc takes every thing that passes; his OK
traordinary mouth. wihiis oyerhaDging up
| per lip, has butte unfold into smile 70 wiz
laughter from the sourest official ct dema
I gogue. Then there was the bright boahom
ME Of Ewing Of Ohio, the most primitive
looking Of senators; and the benign, reli
gious gravity Of Frelinghuysen; the gen
tlemanly air of Buchanan; the shrewdnes'
Of Poindexters the somewhat melancholy
simplicity of Silsbee; all these and many
others were striking, and for nothing more
than for their total unlikeness to each other
No English person who has not traveller
over half the world, can form anidea Of sdct
differences among men composing one as
sembly, for the same purposes and speaking
the same language. SINE more descended
! from Dutch farmers, some from French Hi
genots, some from Scotch puri,ans, som,
| from English cavaliers, and some from Irisl
chieftaas. They we're brought togethe
out of law courts, sugar fields, merchants
stores, mountain farmers, forest prairies.-
The stamp Of originality was impressed up
on every one, and inspired a deep invoIun
: tary respect. have soon no assembly o
chosen men. and no corspsry Of the higI
born, invested with the antique realm, hal
so imposing te tho Imagination as this col
lection Of stoat-soalcd, fall-erown, origina
! men, brought together on the ground o