Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-10-15

Miscellaneous.
From 1.-THE Spirit Of the Times y
NAPOLEAN All MOSCOW
BY ALEXANDER DUMAS.

1t was on the l4th Of September, 1919.
at two in the afternoon. that the French
army discovered the holy city from the
highcst OF Mount Salvation. As had
been the case fifteen years before at the
aspec, OF the Pyramids, one hundred and
twenty thousand ,nen Immediately cIapp
I'd their hands, shouting, Moscow! Mos
COW" After long navigation ia that
SEA OF stePpes, land was at length decried.
On bcho'dng the city with the golden
cupolas, all was forgotten, even The terri
bic and bloody battle OF La Moskowa.
which had saddencd the army as much as
it IT had been defeat. After touching
with one handlhc Indian Ocean, France
though, she was about to extend the other
to the Polar seas. Nothing had arrested
her progress, neither the desert Of sands
nor the desert Of snow. She was really
the Queen olthe world, she who had been
herself successfully crowned in eyerv
capital.
The shouts OF the whole army which
broke up its ranks in eager Impotence,
brought up Napoleon himself. His first
feeling was an inexpressible Joy, that
frightened his brow. As all the rest, he
exclaimed 'Moscow! Moscow!'' standing
erect in his stirrups; but the shadow OF q
cloud was Immediately seen TO pass over
his forehead as he resumed his saddle and
uttered the words, "Je einit tcmpt''
The army halted, for Napoleon, keep
ing his eyes eagerly fixed upon the town
cd . Not 1(s
depu,a.ion OF long bearded noblemen and
young girls with boughs would come
forth, bearing the keys OF the holy city
upon silver plate. Every thing, how
ever, remained silent and solitary, as il
the city we're asleep; no smoke arose
from the c' imneys. Large fights of
crows hoverei round the kremlin, and
aiigh,ca upon some dome, the gold Of
which disappeared as beneath black
sheet.
On the other side Of Moscow we
thought we deserted an army in motion,
as il leaving by the gate opposite to the
one in front Of us. Il was once more
the unseizable enemy who had slipped
OUR hands from the Niemen to
that Moskowa. and who was plungng in.
TO q east.
At that moment, as il Inc French army,
eagle like, had spread out its two wings,
Eugene ';eaullarnais and Ponia,owski tx
tended to the right beyond the city,
whilst Murat, WHOSE movements Napo-
leon watched with increasing anxiety,
reached the extremity Of the suburbs
without amy depulasion presenting itself.
The Marshals then gathered about
hum, deriving their anxiety from his anx-
iety. Napoleon beho'ding their clouded
brows and wist!ul looks guessed that his
thoughts were the thoughts Of all. Spa
lience. patience" said he, ..those people
are 50 savage that they perhaps do not
know how TO surrender
In the meantime Murat had penetrated
INTO the city; Napoleon, no longer able
to resist his mpa,'ence, sen. Gourgaud
after him; Gourgaud ga|oped OFT, entered
the city and Joined Alurat jus. a; the,mo
menl when one OF MiIarodowick' 5 Qfficcrs
was declaring to the klng OF Naples that
the Russian General would sci fire 10
the city ii his rearguarj were no. allow
cd time enough to retire = Goufgaud
gailoped back and conveyed the news to
Napoleon, whose reply was, lie, them
go; want all Moscow, from the richest
palace ~ the humbIest hui
Gourgaud went back with the answer
to Murat, whom he found amidst party
ol Cossacks who were gazing with aslo-
nlshment al the embroidery OF has rich
polanalse and the plumes decking his cap.
Murat informed them OF the armistice,
gave his watch to their leader, his
trinkets to another, and, when he had
nothing more to give, borrowed the
watches and rings OF the aids-ds-camp.
Meanwhile the Russian army, shelter.
ed by this verbal convention, continued
to evacua:e Moscow.
Napoleon stopped 1T the gate. still ex-
pccting that some Of its inhabitants would
come oA1 Of tn enchanted town. No
living beins appeared aud every returning
officer uttered the strange words, ''Alos
COW is deserted Yet no could moi be-.
lieve them, he looked on and listened; -
it was the solitude Of the deser,-the
silence OF death. He was at the gates Of
the city OF rombs-i, was Pompel or Ne
cropolis.
Nevertheless, he still flattered himself
that, like Brennus, he would find either
the army q, the capital, or the senator's
magnan.mously awaiting his arrival on
their curuie chairs. To prevent any
from escaping from Moscow who had not
such right, he ordered the city TO be sur.
rounded on one side by Prince Eugene,
and ON the other b. Ponlatowski; @,he two
armies spread along like crescent, and
developed Moscow. He then ordered the
Duke Of DaQlzic and the Young Guard to
push ,ods ae& penetratSs 10 the heart Of
tho cpNtat: Al length, after delayin
his own entry y long % he could. US Il
he would still doubl What his own eyes
beheld, he dstermid on passing tho DO
rogonstotf gate. suismoncd to hin, his
secret interpreter, who was acquain,ed
9Th Moscow, ordered HIN to keep cose
d Rim, and whilst advancing towards the
deep silence which was only interrupted
BY the noise Of his steps be put questions
to him about Ill The deserted palaces,
monuments, add dwellings he beheId be-
fore him. Then 40 if.alraid to venture
into hat modern Thebcs, he stopped,
aIighted from his horse and took up q
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