Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-09-20
which flied the bucket drew her overs
board. The two survivors reached here
yesterday morning, and we have this state
ment from then )" a - sais34
Mili,ary Meaer,.

It has always been The casl heretofore
that the lie der Of an army, whether sue.
cessful fikG'NAp lean, ~ lie force u l1s
own rare g,atius' and irresistible enefRr
or like Wellington, through curreni II
fortunate ciscumsi anccs. vi spite Of hi own
bull-headed stupidity. That he. monopoli><s
all the honors, rewards and e.siulusHeNtsin
his own person, and Yea, Is 70 Dcegary and
oblivion shose wIo bore tile toll and con-
isontcd the dangers. II appears, howess
er, that the differs Of the Pe,insnlar army
are By no means disposed TO consider the
splendo~-mhich surrounds The lnAivid,,sk
Arthur Well.s ley, as sufficient rrwsrdsNs
all they suffered in fellow ing the French
out ot spain. They have repeatedly 'p<sii
toned The. Duke Of Wellington ID exert
lim>el iniP. acknowledgements se'nt mark
Of disi,nc;io;. Tor the survivors. HitlJnkei
ship, however. jutlicionsly considered tls.t
The whple stock Of glory earned would ins
scnsibly diminish IN vrine il il should be-
corne divided aArs,g shi> ppsterpssA Ag,los.
dlltdL.. He t!iereibfe wisely rrsignsd, -
the pyramid Of fine rose TOW ard the s,im-
nit, 10 crown il with monopoly Of Eng
lish gratitude in his .own diminutjxN psts
SON. The ttArions wers eonsedheh!lydis.
regarded. We see, however, that ,sn the
2lst July the Duke Of Richmond made Z
motion 10 bestow some mark Of favor on
these patieltt herues who justly insgine
that unless their exploiis are pressgJe4t b.
act 'of Parliamentary will soon Be- Nj il
oblivion. This motion the Duke of Wei.
lington strennously opposed. lie sid ti.af
medals Of nineteen. actions hal btsS AldtA
heretofore, and distributed amspe 1900 o.
ficers, and asked II 1that ws mol ssdisa,pr.
ton enough for onehrmy?" we think =,
in all conscience, especially q The ,clkf
duties Of that army were to run w)[dH -
French advanced in forceI and ~ ~
them Az hen they retired for waht ~ /gtI
The Duke appears, however, neytf kAve
forgiven the officers Of that army fof -
very moderate degree Of estimation &ln
which they Justly held hrs ;Ahilifies. ~:
Napier gives'a notable Mstancesof i j. liz
work upon the war. When WelshgAca
and his army, after several yearsof 1sr,
were in full retre pt, before the French from
Burgos, they received orders 10 MARI lAy
q PARTICULAR, route. Thin appeared sy6pAl-
tably wrong that a council 9fgehcral 6i-
cers decided lhim to,le Hnnf( n olk116
an army" and led their Troops theits Y
way. The army coull ltrseea s.
BY The bodies of e. M
drunken soldis =
This was all lie {sEl IE
g! !sy. gsfs "
less, until NaRsls - IT, 1ss
snuGsSa, ansl 31| I y ~
lowed outJf Span 6y 49, MN IN 4l9
sshnsislly asking the EnglishA kdtt tsnmeet
10 donfer upon them ecine portion o(stl,e
deiisation that has been bestowed epoh
Wellington. History silh weigh th6ipall
in the balance, andthsir posteriAy viii per-
haps be surprised To find how sinalla ror-
ton OF the great drama Of Europe Was
! filed up By thst EnSiish,army Of Spsip,
the best Of which persisted before the'vig-
Or and genius Of jackson, 1t New Ovassns.
in l manner WHICH Showed ihat tls4irseSs-
cessc$ in Spain were less owing TO 4lltis
own deserts than 10 the power e, cola
and the discussions .of, the Frenshg N Il
these feninsular soldiers deserve 70 nksnA
credit for their victories in Spain, Now
much .isoted d. their vapquishera " New
Orleans deserved and yet it.wss' eAl6 -.
ter . lUhs and severe struggle thaf.s r.
lnissidn. Of Eve upon. the gall@A& lssaes
instlIat battle wax obtained, shostly bssess
his death.-N. Y. .Ners. saw s.fi bsfs