American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-09-15

udy vi tempest ana OF name, ana NOrleT, WIN
had strained every nerve for thirty-slx hours,
entered palace and dropped down from ia
tigue The manly form and stawart arm that
had so often carried death into the ranks of the
enemy, at length gave way, and the gloomy
Marshal lay and painted in utter exhaustion
But the night Of tempest had been succeeded by
a day of tempest, and when night again enve-
loped the city, it was one broad flame, waving
to and fro in the blast. The wind had increas
ed to perfect hurricane, shifted from quarter
to quarter, as ION purpose TO swell the sea OF
fire and eXtingulsh their last hope. The fire
was approaching the Kremin, and already the
roar of the flames and crash of falling houses,
and the cracking of burning timbers, were
borne to the startled Emperor. He arose and
walked to and fro, stopping convulsiyely and
gazing on the terrific scene, Murat Eugene
and Berthier rushed into his presence, and on
their knees besought him to flee; but he still
chung to that naughty palace, as if it were his
empire.
But at length the shout, "the Kremlin is on
fre!" was heard above the roar of the conha-
grafton, and Napoleon reluctantly consented to
leave. He descended into the street with his
staff, but the flames blockaded every passage.
At length they discovered postern gate lead
ing to the MCskwa, and entered it, but they
had entered still farther into danger. AS Ma
poleon cast his eyes around the open space,
girdled and arched with fire, smoke and citI-
ders, he saw one single street yet open, but all
on fire. Into it he rushed, and amid the crash
of falling houses, and raging of the flames
over burning ruins, through clouds of rolling
smoke, and between walls Of fire, he pressed on;
and at length, half suffocated, emerged in safe
ty from the blazing city, and took up his quar-
tiers in the imperial palace of Petrowsky, near
ly three miles distant. Mortier, relieved from
his anxiety for the Emperor, redoubled his eff
forts to arrest the conhagration. His men cheer
fully rushed into every danger. Breathing
nothing bat smoke and ashes-canopied by
flame, and smoke and cinders-surrounded by
walls of fire that rocked to and fro, and fell
with crash amid the blazing ruins, carrying
down with them red hot roofs of iron-he
struggled against an enemy that no boldness
could awe, or courage overcome. These brave
troops had heard the tramp of thousands of Ca
valry sweeping to battle without fear; but now
they stood in still terror before the march of a
conhagraton, under whose burning footsteps
, was heard the nccssant crash of falling houses
and palaces and churches. The continuous
roar of the raging hurricane, mingled with that
of the flames, was more terrible than the thun-
der of artillery; and before this new foe, in the
midst of this battle Of the elements, the awe
struck army stood powerIess and affrighted.
When night again descended on the city, it
presented a spectacle the like of which was
never seen before, and which battles all descrip-
ton. The streets were streets of fire, and the
entire body of the city mass Of fire, fed by q
hurricane that whirled the blazing fragments
in constant stream through the air. Inces-
SAINT explosions from the blowing up Of stores
of oil, and tar, and spirits, shook the very
foundations of the city, and sent vast volumes
of smoke furiously towards the sky. Huge
sheets of canvass on fire came floating like
messengers of death through the flames, the
towers and domes of the churches and palaces
glowing with red hot heat over the wild sea
below, then lettering IL moment on their basis,
were hurled by the tempest into the common
ruin Thousands of wretches, before unseen,
, were driven by the heat from the cellars and
novels, and streamed in an incessant thrOng
through the streets. Children were seen car
rying their parents, the strong the week; while
thousands more were staggering under the
loads Of plumber they had snatched from the
: flames This, too, would frequently take fire
in the falling shower and the miserable crea-
| lures would be compelled to drop it and flee for
/ their lives. Oh, it was a scene of woe and fear
t inconceivable and indescribable. A mighty
, and close packed city of houses, and churches
and palaces, wrapped from limit to limit in
flames, which is fed by whirling hurricane, is
| a sight this world will seldom see
But this was all within the city. To Napo-
leon without, the spectacle was still more sub
lime and terrific. When the flames had over
> come all obstacles, and had wrapped every
thing in their red mantle, that great city look
= ed like sea oflolng fire sweptby a tempest
f that drove it into vast pillows. Hugh domes
and towers throwing off sparks like blazing fire
brands, now disappearing in their maddening
= flow, as they rushed and broke high over then
: tops, scattering their spray Of fire against the
clouds The heavens themselves seemed to
n have caught the conhagraton, and the angry
/, masses that swept it rolled over bosom O
: fire. Columns Of fame would rise and sink a
3 long the surface Of the sea, and huge volumes
] of black smoke suddenly shoot into the air. a:
e if volcanoes were working below. The black
t form ofthe kremlin alone lowered above the
n chaos now wrapped in fame and smoke agar
= emerging into Understanding amid this scene o
G desolation and terror, like vrture in the mids
ola burning world, enveloped but unscathet
J, by the devouring elements. Napoleon stoot
t and gazed on the scene in silent awe. Thougl
! nearly three miles distant, the windows ant
: walls of his apartment were so hot that HI
/ could scarcely bear his hand against them
j. Said he, years afterWard:
IS SIT was the spectacle Of the sea and billow
n of fire, sky and clouds Of flame, like immens
e waves of the sea, alternately bursting forth ant
y elevatng themselves to skies offre, and ther
It sinking into the ocean Of flame below. Oh,
c was the most grand, the most sublime, and tn
= most terrific sight the world ever behed!"
a SUICIDE. Dr. Thomas S. Roycroft, aged 8
70 years committed suicjde in New York on Sa
:, turday, by cutting his throat with razor
n while laboring under mental arrangement.