Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-04-28
MTsCELLANEOU S
NApOLEAN AT MOSCOW.

- an the 18th September, 1912 at two
Et..esrnoon, that the French army discov-
@I,be boly city from the heights of Mount
ty ,l. ION As had been the case fifteen years
saw. =, the aspect Of the Pyramids, one hun
@J J nd twenty thousand men Immediately
g I'.osJ tbeir hands, shouting, "Moscow! Mos
laps After long navigation in the sea Of
COW. land was at length deserted. On be-
.ikng the city with the golden cupolas, all
~Oi sssrot,en. even the terrible and bloody bat
NST Moskowa,which had saddened the ar
Wv much as fit had been defeat. After |
ul .S;,,y with one hand the Indian Ocean, |
gs".o tbonght she was about to extend the |
L .s.. 10 the polar seas. Nothing had arrest
U 1La. u,ocrrss neither the desert Of sands nor
WI ~. joIort If snow. She was really the Queen
~ W. ,,ord she who had herself successfully
,rovned in every capitol
TIE shouts Of the whole army which broke
-. as ranks in eager impotence, brought up
T.Ioioan himself His first feeling was as in
LI,.Ipy,s,,hle ;ov. that frightened his brow. AS
NJ ,ost no exclaimed ~Moscow! Moscow"
a., 'S;n erect in his stirrups; but the shs dow
.S clold was Immediately seen to pass over
~, Srebead as he resumed his saddle and utter
ii tho words, ",Je etan tempt"
The army halted, for Napolean, keeping his
aces eagerly fixed upon the town, expected
~, rom one Of its gates some deputatior of
i,og bearded noblemen and young girls with
soggss would come forth, bearing the KEYS Of
IL 6oy city upon a silver plates Everything,
S,yever remained silent and solitary, as If
,ss ,i,v were asleep, no smoke arose from the
sS,mnsys. Large fights OF crows lowered
..,,rd the Kremlin, and alighted upon some
Ime. the pold Of which disappeared as beneath
sback sheet .,.,..,
r.Isscried an army in motion, as if leaving by
a. rote opposite to the one in front Of us. It
~. 9once more that inseizable enemy who had
IEOved through our hands from the Neimen
b hat Moskowa, and who was plunglng into
he east ..4
geike, has spread out its two wings. Eu.
Gene Beauharnais and PonIatowszi extended
mhe right beyond the city, whilst Murat
whose movements Napolean watched with IN.
treasinr anxiety, reached the extremity OF tie
sibetSs without any deputation presenting It
self.
The Marshals then gathered about him, de
irving their anxiety from his anxiety. Napo
ean beholdng their clOuded brows add wlsllu
looks, guessed that his thoughts were tn
thoughts of all. "Patience. patience, Isald ne
a;hose people are so savage that they, perhaps
do not know how TO surrender"
In the meantime Murat had penetrated mt
he city: Napolean; no longer able TO resist hi
imDahence,seut Gourgaud for him who gallope
oFentered the city and joined Murat at he me
ment when one Of Milarodowick's officers wa
declaring to the King of Naples that the Kui
san General would set fire to the city II b
earruard were not allowed time enough I
retire. Gourgaud galloped back and conye.
eitbe news to Napolean, whose reply wa
sLet them 90; want all Moscow, from u
richest palace TO the humblest hut.
Courpaud went back with the answer
Nurat. whom he found amidst party OF co
sacks who were gazing with astonlshment
The embroidery Of his rich Potond1Se ana u
pumes decking his cap. Murat informed the
Of tho armistice: rave his watch to their lea
or his trinklets 10 another, and when ne II
nothing more TO give. borrowed the Wa'ch
and rings Of the aids-de-camp' ..,..od
Meanwhile the Russian army, shetereu
this verbal convention, continued 10 eVacu'
Moscow. "a;
Napolean stopped at the gate, still exPectl
tina, some Gifts Inhabitants would come oui
the enchanted town. No living beng appe'
cd and every returning otncer ul'Su ,
strange words. 1Moscow is deserted.
he could not believe them; he looked on
and listened. 4 was the solitude ofthe deser
The silence of death. He was at the ga
Of "A CITY of tombs-itwas Pompei or Nec
Nevertheless. no still fiattered hlmselftl
m. T,,onn,,s no would find either his army
he capitol. or the senators magnanilno'
,v,;,;I, b;s arrival in the curule chairs.
invent anv escaping from Moscow who
not sucb r;gbt ne ordered the city tc be
rounded ON one side by Prince Eugene
Onhe other by Poniatowski, the Two arr .
spread along like a cresent,and enVelopeO
COW lie 1ben ordered the Duke OF Oar
and the Young guard to push on, ana pene.
10 tho hort ftbe capitol. At length,
delaying his own entry, as long as ne coun
L he would still doubc what his own eye
held, he determined on passing the Dologe
taft raie. summoned 10 him his Secretary
ierpre,er, who was acquainted with MOS
ordered him 70 keep close to HIM, ana "
Lyancinp towards the deep silence winch
only INTERRUPTED by the noise othls own :
he put questions TO him about all the desc
places, monuments dhu Wv 49,.
before him. Then, as il afraid to ven. .l1
hat modern Thebes, he stopped, ahgn.esn l
bis horse and took up temporary apous
srge inn which was abandoned Ike snS :
4, he city. .,s
: Scarcely had he stationed hlnlseI
:, be when his orderssucceeded.o ono aIoen u I
: had just pitched his tent in the heid o.
He felt The want ofcombating sol'uu'
silence to him was more awful man 1I, MY
.eOCe and fracas Of an army. le ~
Ievise (Moter) was appointed 1os1 n
I he Province, the Duke de Dantzlc y
ue) was ordered to occupy the hIesl..'a
AXE charge OF the police Of that quar- 1'.
= King Of Naples was to pursue the ell 0.,a
0lose sight Of them, to pick up s'iass'0
* end them to Napolean, NJ,
~ Night came on, and as Il CANT "a
grew gloomy, some carblne reports na ~,
M heard IN The direction Of the kolomna "a
Vas Murat, who after marching NM =: y
leagues, and being present in sixty acI so
/. crossed the capitoIs OF the Cars az III =,
IA have done a village, and overtaKeh = -
IN acks on the vladimir roads Some
~ nen were announced, who had come g
heir Emperor's clemency. Napolean
~ q them to be brought in, anxously qu
,,ng them, thanking them in some meas
paVmg come to him with news Dus a. :