Mobile register and journal., 1845-03-22
From The PAilaaalphIa t'hllsIlal oG,srset,

with Shakspeure's Gas you like i, ;" awakens host
oi poeticaI associations, Sou,hey has very aceu-
| rately described the appearance oi The who'd.
mo cheerful wood land this of antique frees,
/ With thiekeis varied aud with sunny glsdesi
I Look where he viii, the weary traveller sees
One gloomy, thick impenst, able shate,
OF tall streeht trunks, which move befose hissigh.
With interchange ofhHes oflong green lighi-'
But one more favored ofIhe Mus than Snuthey, has
described the march OF the British Army tIruash
| this forest To- that battlefield trom which so many
| thousands were desuned TO never return. despair
ed of communicating To the reader the feelings vih
1 which, passing over the same ground by which they
advanced from Brussels, | looked The sosnbIe
shades of the forest, It's tohage glistening with The
morning dew, aud recalled the lines OF Byron
"Aud Ardennes waves above them her green leaves,
Dewy with natures ear-drops, Ms they pass
| Gfieyipg, II aueht inauimate e'er grieses,
Over the uureiurning brase--aasi
| Ere evening to be iodden like the grass
Which NOW beneath them but above shallgrow
| Ia its next SeIdue, when this fiery mass
| Oflving vaioI rolling on the foe,
And turning with high hope, shall monldsr cold and
low" rt
The Forest Of Suiguies is ahon, nine miles long,
| and seven and hall broad. with an almost perfect
straight road running through il. Emerging from its
dense shades entered the village of Waterloo, just
on ns outskirts; once an obscure hamlet, now known
and famous through the world Here wete the head
quarters 81 the English army on the days before aud
after the baItle Here after is hours in the saddle
the Duke Of Wellington partook Of The dinner which
his chIei cook had been through the day busy
pied in prepariGg undisu rUed by various runors of
Defeat brought the by fugitive i'elgians, and
fully confident that his master "w"uld eat the dinner
he mad ordered" So, AT least, says Murray.
| Just hevond Waterloo is The village OF NJ ont ST.
jean, which extends nearl, tn the "rge oil the battle
field. Here left M, carriage, anu hmm .diate-
ly bes"t by some half duzen guides, the greaI pest Of
| the vicinity. Selecting one, IN order get nd OF
the rest, offered him, instead OF The live francs for
the day, which lie demanded, three francs Tor the lit
lie time thai should want his services. Io this he
at first demured, bat hhdng quite independent
of his aid. was yer, glad 10 accept the offer
Ascending gentle elevation, passed the large
farm house called Farms de Mont de st Jean, which
was filed with wounded during the battle, and soon
found myself on the ridge Of an eminence extending
IN The right mud lett Of the road, having valley IN
'front.', and beyond 1t gradual ascent Along the
ridge which | stood, the British arm, was STA
toned, while the opposite eminence was occupied by
the French. The high Rad IN which WAS travel.
ling passed through The sep rating The
left wing Of the British aud the right wing OF he
French from the main bodies oi their respective ar.
, mics. Near the brow Of the enlinenre IL is crossed
right angles by another road, which extends along
the elevated ground nearly in the direction in which
. the main body OF The British am, was posted AT
the angle formed by the crossing oil the two roads,
The Duke oi Wellington took his position Tor Il tine,
near the commencement Of the battle. Passing this
spot advanced on the main road to where, about
half way down To the valley which separated the two
armies, stands the Fam OF La Haye Sainte, ON the
rlght Of the road. THIS the scene oi dreadful
carnage here place 10 pointed out where men
aud horses buried in one vast grave. Near this
spot, Marshal Ney led on his iorce To The charge
-Four Scotch regiments we're also engaged IN this
neighbrfiood, :" wose vaIpr Southey al,des;
I" La Hays bear witness! sacred is its height,
Aud sacred IL ii truly from that .ay;
. For never ,raver bio I'D was spent III Fight,
Than Brittu here hati mingled with c clay.
Sc, where thou viii Thy foot, thou can 1t tread
Here Oh spot unhallowrd by the dead.
A Here was hthBt the HIe hlsnders wthstood
fhe tide ofhostiie power received ns weight
With resoue strrrg and senmed aud turned the Hood
And fly here us IN that q ecian strait,
he funeia stone mig lit ,ay--'Go, traveller, tell
Scotland, thai IN our duty here we fell"
Beyond the valley. the opposite eminence, the
white wallsof the farm house called La Belle Ali
aacs, c,nsplcuous to the left Of the road. 1t ID
now public house. The French lines were just in
D the oft, and IN front Of il Napoleon IN person
marshalled his Imperial Guard, his last hope. for The
final onset. The spot which he occupied during the
greater pat Of the day, designated by my guide
now retraced my steps to the angle oil the roa'is
where The Duke Of ellington had his first position
L and taking the small country road, which have
= mentioned extending along the ridge occupied by
g the BrHish, proceeded to the Mound, vast tumun.
r Of earth, Two hundred teet high, which marks The
centre of the chief scene of battle, and beneath
u which the bones Of friends and foes are heaped to-
gethei without distinction. On this ridge, in front
n and each side of the Mound, the British army
formed 10 spares, received, without swerving from
II their position, the furious attacks OF the French
airy Indeed, il ia said that from the commence e.
meot of the battle. 10 the time The Prussians made
their appearance Al the verge of the distant woods
on the left the British aid not deviaie all from the
ground they had al first occupied, except to move
slightly in advance The aspect of this pat Of the
field is somewhat altered by the excavations which
wsre made 10 the dep,h oil two or three feet along
The r,doe far The nurnose nj attaining earth far the
Mound The Re iyic Linn ON The ton of The Mound
has been Justly ce,,sured as out of nace-ror VIVA,
e share has Reig;um in The remain oc Va,erlnoa
By the fight of stems. assembled the Mound. and
thence had n perfect view of The whole ie Id of bat.
lie. When | had verified the descrip,ion of M,
pu,de bv conparinp II win nv nlan nj ,be field and
lad extracted from him all m. information ,ha, he
could give. 1 dismissed him will, his fee and as /
er.ale nrel red n, he left alone IN c,n,smna,e the
scene before me- and he deserving s.nlen,v Enelish''
advancing 10 The field, promised himself an accession
of revenue from their purses. we married. in mutual
: satisfaction. = I'll l
The field or Wa,erloo seems wall .eiac,ed M IN.
scene of The most memorable cona,c, or modern
times The almost total .hsence a., ,rss. aud encio
suites, and ,he surface of the around. dive sied only
, | ~ a,i ,,; .I y a. ' ~ ~ ~
he rvo"l;ans "f casa"y so NJ" o'a noa'
rently the 6t,rst spot ha, cnId e chose, IN dacide
(f they must he hus decided) the des,iues of mighty
nations From the SUNNI, nj The Nound ,he re 10 an
open prospect for miles. As nok ed m the eyer.
dsd I.nd.rans .m,Il;na hsna.,h H.. s.,,,,,'.r 49,,
;..;.r S,,.IiJ ~ "sa'. VIC e, ,S1s
,n"s'"a' 'au e '"e"es VI '"no Ao", Aoio'
nave spken o. La I,aye oa'"ie as lying IN lront o'
tne 'e'. wing o. '''e rnsn army tile sun more GELS
D eo'a.eu 'Ha.sa3 " H1usoFmom, occupied CORES.
s Pohn'hs Pos"'o" On ,het I'ght' inc Frehcn cout'
NOT aavahce on we Ehghsh between These w'iho"l
exposing lhemse"es 10 CALLING hTe ON The Hanks,
nor was y sac o' Napoeon 10 leave Two snch posts
ocCupeu W MS eheihy w Tue Iea hence tDese Two