The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1846-11-13

were heard ON every side from the shut up .
dwellings and The next moment bright light v
burst forh,and the flames were raging through I
the apartmenl.-The serene air aud moons '
light Of the night before had given way to Il
driving clouds and wild tempest that swept II
with the roar Of the sea over the city. Il
Flames arose on every side, blazing and
cracking in the storm, while clouds ofsmoke Il
and sparks in an incessanl shower went dr
wing towards the Kremlin. The clouds 4
themselves turned into FIRE, rolling in wrath
over devoted Observation-Disclosures, crushed i
with the responsibility thus thrown apon his
shoulders, moved with his Young Guard |
amid this dssolation, blowing up the houses
and facing the tempest and The flames |
ls'rugglBg bodily 10 arrest the confagraiion. /
He FASTENED from place TO place amid the |
ruins, his face blackened with the smoke, |
and his hair and eyebrows singed with the
fierce heat. Al length the day dawned, a
| day of tempest and OF fame, aud MorieF,
who had strained every nerve for thirty six
hours, entered palace and dropped down
from fatigue. The manly form and stalwart
arm that had so often carried death ilto The
ranks of the enemy, at length gave way, and
the gloomy Marshal lay and painted in utter
exhausti0n.~But the night Of tempest had
been succeeded by day of tempest, and
when night again enVeloped the city, it was
lone broad flame, waving to and fro in the
blasts. The wind had increased to perfect
hurricane, shifted from quarter to quarter, as
If on purpose TO swell the sea of FIRE aud
ex,iRguish their last hope. The fire was
approaching the Kremlin, and alEeady 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 convul'lvelv
and gazing on the terrific scene. Murat.
Eugene and Berihier rushed into his presence
and on their knees besouth him 10 fee; but
he still chung to that naughty palace, as if il
were his empire.
But at length the shout, "tl Kremlin is
on fre!" was heard above the roar of the
confagralion, and Napoleon reluctantly con-
sented 10 leave. lie descended into the
street with his staff, but the flames blOcka-
Ided every passage. AT lenglh they discoV-
cred postern gate leading TO the Moskwa
entered it, but they had entered still farther
into danger. AS Napoleon cast his eyes
around the open space, girdled and archec
with FIRE, smoke and Cnders, he saw one
single street vet open, but all on fire. in,C
il he rushed, and amid the crash of falling
houses. and raging of the hames-over bur
ming ruins, through clouds Of rolling smoke
and between walls of ere, he pressed on
aud al lengts, half suffocat ed, emerged i
safety from the blazing city, and took up hi
quarters in the imperial palace of Petrowsk
nearly three miles distant Mortier, relieve
from his anxiety for the Emperor, redouble
his elierts 10 arrest The Conflagraton. Iii
nen cheeFfully but smoke ard ashes-cor
~ opied by fame. and smoke and cinders--su
~ ~ rounded by walls of fire that rocked TO an
c fro, and fell with a crash amid the blazin
- ruins, carrying down with them red hot roo
:, of iron-he struggled against an enemy tht
- no bOldnes5 could awe or courage overcome
'9 These brave troops had heard the tramp
g. thousands Of cavalry sweeping to battle witt
- ont fear; but now they stood in still terrC
- before the march of conhagration, undo
"I whose burning footsteps was heard the nce
80 SAINT crash Of falling houses and palaces al
- churches. The continuous roar OF the ra
-" ing hurricane, mingled with that of the fam
was more terrible than the thunder OF art
l0 lery; and before this new foe, in the mid
&C. Of this battle Of the elements, the awe~stru
20 "a, army stood powerless and affighIed.
When night again descended on the CT
ito it presented spectacle the like Of VIII
IAN was never seen before, and which battles
nod description. The streets were streets Of fl
tho and the entire body of the city mas Of fl
~; fed hy hurricane that whirIed the blazi
h,t fragments in constant stream through I
NJ, air Incessanl explosions from the blowi
The up of stores Of oil, and tar, and Spirits sho
,ns the very foundations of the city, and sc
,a.' vast yolumns of smoke furiousiy towards
tbe sky. Huge sheets of canvass on fire Cal
,,;,n floating like messengers Of death through
hoD flames, the towers and dOmes of the chur
his es and palaces glowing with red hot b
ond over the wild sea below, then totteFing
md moment on their basis, were hurled by
= j. tempest into the common ruin Ihousa
a., of wretches, before unseen, were dri en-
on,o the heat from the cellars and novels,
mid streamed in an incessant throng through
nben streets. Children were seen carrying 4
No parents, the strong the weak; while thousa
fan more were staggering under the load
mo-, plumber they had snaiched from the far
go E'Fhis, too, would frequently take FIRE in
,od; falling shower, and the miserable creau
80, would be compelled to drop it and fiet
To,o- then lives. oh. It was scene OF woe
go fear inconceiveable and indescribable.
Moro Se mighty and cl Sc packed city of houses,
com. churches and palaces; wrapped from lin
frorn limit IN flames, which is fed by whiI
elm hurricane, is a sight this world will sci
0uses see'
every But this was all within'the city To
like poleon without, the spectacle was stu {
cano sublime and terrific. When the flames
1ward overcome all obstacles, and had wrapped
Cars, cry thing in their red mantle, that great
g the looked like a sea Of rolling fire swept
tempest that drove il into vast pillows. T
T,ions domes and towers throwing off sparks