The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-08-17

spear q hehsaded tY alFoss q IL tsmis
from the Arab hornenen.
tMhe!a y Cairo lr--it . 6ut q citr a rrrt
hntss I, cries the ignorant guerer7, r'f - 49,
20 die in Che desert-if NBe arc 10 fhrif hv -
rivers and BtarVe BY the green parfrrr-. ~ -
die e once By the sword of nIoIrrIn'rnu
THE Mam0lulra N st rri-h q
thousand voices, liia MCrninr n - 7qih
dawned upon the army offhb French
MouFad sBpy end hig mate ler cavalry y.
waited the approach "A 1h8 waRfV nuirros thra
son the war-cFy Of the hofgemln flrIck rDor
the Generals ear. The hnttlc nav ccnm6no.
ed IN earnest. The MaHelukeu fresh and
powerful, on the most splendid hUFrra in fhn
east, glittering with gold silver ana jewel
charged upon the squares Cf Fench infnfry.
Dreadful was the cpaats terrible fhs moGiilrl
death hung upon blow aud destruction un6n
norsea hopt sc n ft
Ii was a battle Of stern noeoauifv a fho rara
of the invaders. The desert ana shsme ~
behnd-C Cairo aud glory before. The cvmbn|r
OF Mourad Bey elaBhed, the buglos nomfsf
ahrlll and Mamelnkes again threw ibcmselVts
upon the solid squares.
When stabbed, or wounded with 4 runrhof
the wild horseman Of the desert clunT 10 80
steed, and he was dragged along The ground.
leaving bloody trail behind 10 gnaahai 10
teeth in bitter hatred, and swept hIB flashing
scimiter across the knees Of the foramo5t
ranks of the bristling squares.
The Turkish heelnOw attacted the French
fotllla. Heavy cannon Numbered up the Nile
and walked the echoes Of the Pyramids but,
after several hours hard fighting, Mourad BeV
pronounced the French 70 be inVincibls, loav-
ing three hundred dead upon the battle field
The Turkish feet the same time hauled Offin
great distress, and the cannOn's roar melted ia
the bugIe's melodious note [upUn the arid
plans Of Chebretssa.
"Ha, Murat !" said Napoleon, as herode ov-
er the field Of the dead, and saw the wild dog
feasting upon the turbaned coFpsess rgiVo me
the Mameluke cavalry and the FFenchinianhy,
and will conquer the world"
"You will conquer.it without" said Murat.
with smile 'ibut see, the columns wait"
"Onward," said the leader, with a wave 81
his hand ;"ten days, and sup in Cairo"
For eight days the army continued TO adj.
vance, now resting amid the ruins Of some an-
cient city, and now cooling their thirst from
the sluggish tide Of same muddy stream
The General, too as he had done throughout
the march, shared in all things az the msanest
soldier His head rested upon the sand stone
Of the waste-his marque was the ieWoled
canopy of heaved-his lull the howl Of the Jack.
alls-and his revile the yell ofthe skiFmishing
Mameluke.
In squares six deep on each side, with ths
artillery at right angles, and the cavalry, bag
gage andsammunition in the centre, the French
army drew near the plain Of Cairo.
IL was on the tenth Of July at daybrsak.
when shout from the vanguard broke upon
the laggard car peaked cloud seemed %
rise from the Nile, and caught his eager eye
as be ga1ed around The horizon. Napoleon end
his stan, mounted on swift dr0medaries, rode
10 the front of his columns. The night, Oh
les black wings, passed swiftly among the noun
tains OF Upper Egypt. The sun rose IN east
ern splendor from the desert, and lit the sum-
bre sands bright ray flashed upon the ior
distant object. II was a spectacle never
equalled in sublimity. The whole army cK-
claimd, as one man, "The Pyramids 70 and a.
the squares advanced with martial music,
train of camels come thinking around the base
of the Sphynx, an Arab Girge, and the strain
of the Dying cymbals Of the Mamelukes melt
ed away in the rosy light.
Napoleon had passed the DESERT and ihQ
time-defying tombs VI the PhaTaoha flashed lhc
clear atmospheric