Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-07-28

large ssosnpnsni beside the city walls and =, the same
ns tho heavy boom Of the evening gun from the Caph's
announced 10 the lazy Turk the eagles France
bed folded their slken wings upon shores Of E,yp
The drums ID France now beat The army u the
East started 10 L. feet.
ITO Cairo and the pyramid. 90 csied saynn
ITO besrd the Beys OF Maneuke 80 cried the mpstien nj
MgrsL
ITO find home for the citizen soldier .. cried the mus
tachicd grcnadicf.
ITO found empire upon the ruins Of centuries go cred
Napoleon a. he mounted his war-sead.
''Solder OF the Republic advance =,
"Long live the Rcpublc, Numbered along the martial
linz as broke into open columns and moved onward pre-.
csded by the guides.
Soon the seniines, looking towards Damanmour iron,
the os.decked tower of ages. Rlitcring files fade
into the dim shadows OF evening" faint strain of martial
muslo s'uoA upon tue eaf-a hum, as though multitude
had spoken passed upon the entered
desert Who can tell the suerings of that weary march
The night soon passed away, and the vertical sum- undm-
ned by Clouds without tree shrub to offer monenary
shade looked down upon the scrried ranks of the army of
the East The leader and his generals now dismouncd
and endured the soldiers suforngs Onward they march
"a band OF herce and ndomitabo spins-ed 10y the con-
qucror OF the Alps.
Thirst could them-thc scorching sand offered
them hindrance Clouds of tormonnp insects waited
from the Shiny Nile, deferred them not. The Arabs yell
midnight music to their car. "Onwardr shouted
the leader from the boundess highway the desert and
ward rushed the tide of life. Around them what prospect
They fresh from the plains OF sunny Itay-rom the
orange bowers upon the hill Sides Remncd with temples
halowed by genius and cottages life and love.
How changed tie scene On svey side the desert like
waved voeeless tide The crystal spring.
led from the gimmerng peak of Jua flashed before their
thirsty eyes The chesnut of Lansuedoc and Pro
Nence woocd them no longer to Its whispering shade All
understanding whitening, searching sand-with here
and there the mirage looming ahead like the
land lake, to anazo their longing visions. Night
without twilight, cold and piercing but brought relief
Far m the distance, looming in giant proportions against the
sunset west the desert ship pursued its favOe And
the sverng soldier laid down by his tot.
rn die Black bread, toeming with ven ickened the
Vurncious appetite aud the bnck water of the stagnant
pool mnde the thirst still greater.
IL said that Lanncs and Muat occasionally lost COM
mand OF themselves and when boiling with rage they
dashed their laced hats the sands and ampled upon
them before the soldiers. Napoleon dashed among the
Ihrong with his mighty spirit flashing from his eagle eyes
Generals said he, TRAITORS! you have used munous
guNgo take that do not fulfill my duty Ii noyour
being high that should your being shot in cou
pie Of hours" The naughty generals smbled before the
spirit and shruuk away ashamed
The soldiers like oil French soldiers, light of heart
They forgot past sucrings The present alone
ted with them; and the guides evidences of Arab
well at sunset, all right The song and merry tale t.
woke the seopers from their dreams often sands the
hope OF glory banished gloomy fOrebodng from the ranks
COirel (who, It supposed advised Napoleon to en-
bark IN this wild crusade against the Mamclukes) was
woodengged general: and he hobbed past the soldiers
joked freely
"iIe OF having foot in France" said they,
"let what will happen"
When their General seen, rs the columns wound
round the hills sand they pleasantly said,
ale promised us seven acres of land the roguc how mod
he might safely promised u township: would
have abused his good nature"
The learned commission did not escape the satire of the
lght-neaed sodey; and the ackasse that bore the phi
loophe camp, kettles and the scientific instruments
called demsavans. Buoned up the throat IN his gold
laced coat with his burning sword under his ARM with q
compressed lip anu thoughtful look the leader firmly uod
the head OF his staff. He looked the night nor 10
the left The regularly laid down by the
mel, and the OF each days march laid before
the the order Numbered along
the weary line.
The third day came and the General began to he aware
that the OF Egypt hand-rhe OF the
less wanderers inspected. Terrible the
here, still the iron law of military despoiisn
enforced The uniforms OF the sagglers were now brush
I'd ups the ranks closed their files. The eagles waved in the
aud the army, in order OF battle drew the rver
Nile.
Noon came: and all once the river-the beautiful NV
errolled its majesty the feet Of the adventures Al
little distance noaed the fotilla with the flag OF the
public waving proudly 1t; and green fields and waving
groves spendin beauty around them rho Nile the Nu
Numbered along the line, and them officers and men, with
due consideration, rushed hcadong its Shiny
Not soldier threw off his knapsack stacked his musut
Water! water! Oh God, drop OF water :" cried the
weary and Sick did the cry until the foremost
soldiers. having satisfied themselves minered the
II their fellows The army reached Danhour, and
encamped upon field of grain.
Hearing that the Mamelukes Chebreissa dis
put his progress the leader gave the word and army
cd up the Nile in solid squares hoIseman spen.
,dly dressed, with his turban waving gay in the breeze
lowered along the edge OF the horizon refining his
melted sliced. Another and another appeared, until
spectibe number had mustered; and, with horid YELL
rushed upon the advancing army. 1t the of the
Mancukcs, under Mouad Bey; and dearly did the French
suffer, Though the Nile, the soldiers dy-
ng with thirst and, one was adventurous enough 10 seek
draughi from the swollen river the moment lac
pierced by the spear beheaded by stroke OF the
scmilar from the Arab horsemen.
"Where is CairOi-it is but city Of mud huts," cries
the ignorant sufferers l 10 die in the desert-if
thirst by the rivers aud by the green pastures
Jet us die at once by the sword of the Mamelukes."
THE Observation-Disclosures cried thousand voices
tho morning Of the 18th dawned upon the army OF the
French
Mourad Bey and his matchless cavalry awaited the ap.
,off Tho the
horsemcn struck upon the Generals The battle
commenced in The Memelukes fresh and pow
erul the splendid horses Of the east Offering
with gold, silver and Jewels, charged upon the squares vi
French infantry. Dreadful was the onset terrible the
ing death hung upon blow, and destruction upona horses
hooi.
IL was battle of stern necessity the part Of the inva
ders. The desert and shame lay bohndCniro and glory
before The cymbas of Mourad Bey clashed, the buges
sounded shn and the Mumelukes again threw themselves
upon the solid squares.
When stabbed, or wounded with a gunshot the wild
OF the desert chung his steed and he drag
god along the ground, leaving bloody trail behind he
gnashod teeth bitter hatred, aud swept his flashing
scmor the knees of the foremost ranks OF the brst
ling squares
The Turkish fleet attacked the French fota. Hea.
W Numbered up the Nile and walked the echoes
the Pyramids but after several hours hard fighting Mouud
Boy pronounced the French to be nyncbe leaving three
hundred dead upon the field of battle
Tho Turkish fleet ni the time hauled of in great dis
trc and the lannon's melted in the buges meodous
note upon the arid plains Of Chebreissa.
ala, Murat" said Napoleon, as he rode the field
or the dead and the wild dog feasng upon the
baned corpses, "give the Mameuke cavalry and the
French infantry. and will conquer the world"
You will conquer 1t without" said Murat, with smile;
"but see, the columns wait"
Onward" said the leader, with Of his hand "ten
days, and sup in Cairo"
For eight days the army continued 10 advance,
ing amid the Of ancient city, and cooling
their Iint from the sluggish tide OF muddy sircum.
The General, too, ho had done throughout march,
shared oil things with the soldier His head
ed upon the sand stone Of the wastes marque the
ewecd canopy Of hoaycn-his lu the howl of the ackls
and his rcviIc the yell OF the skirmishng Nlanouke.
Iu squares deep each side, with the artillery night
angles and the cavalry, baggage, and ammunition in the
centre the French army drew abe plain of Cairo.
IL was on the 10th Of July, doybrcak, a shout
from the vanguard broke upon the laggurd eur peaked
cloud seemed rise from the Nile, snd caught HE eager
eye az be gazed around the horizon. Napoleon and his
ataf mounted swift dronedarie rode the front Of
ms columns. The night 10 black wings passed swift.
y among the mountains Of Upper Egypt. The n