The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-08-11

iiNoAhioi ~ d0o, tllttt tnlS ldtt, dS WCll us
that of a cruel death, the Spanards taken
during the retreat of Cortes on the "night
of SORROW were unhappily subjected
THE HORRORS OF WAR.
Description Of the Arrival at Dresden, of q
Remnant Of Napoleon's Army IN Russia.
Twas lately an eye witness OF terrible
scene. The regiment of the body guard
that acquitted itself so mantully, at Minsk,
had, i'll the retreat from Moscow, been alto
gether cut up, mainly by the frost OF the
whole regiment only about 70 men remain
Single bodies arrive by degrees, but, in the
main, in most pi,iabe plight. When
| they reach the Saxon border, they are assist
cd by their compassionate countrymen, wi hoS
enable them 10 make the rest OF .he roadin
some carriage or wagon. On Sunday for
noon last | went to the Lankeschin Bad, and
found a crowd collected round car, in
which some soldiers had just returned from
Russia. No grade or grape could have so
dis6gured1hem as I beheId then the victims
of the cold One of them had lost the up
per joints of all his ten fingers, and he
showed us the black stumps. Another
looked as if he had been in the hands of the
Turks, for he wanted both ears and nose.
Moro horrible was the look Of the third,
whose eyes had been frozen; the eye lids
hung down, rottng, and the globes of the
eyes were burst, and protruded out of their
sockets. 1t was awfully hideous, and yet
more hideous spectacle was yet to present
itself. Out of the straw, in the bottom of
the car, now beheld figure creep painful
ly, which one could scarcely believe to be
human being, so wild and so distorted were
the features. The lips were rotted away,
and the teeth stood exposed. He pulled the
cloth from before his mouth, and grinncd on
US like death head. Then he burst out
into wild laughter; began to give the
word Of command, in broken French, with
voice more like the bark of dog than
| wretch was mad, from frozen brain
Suddenly, a cry was heard, Henry my
Henry" and a young girl rushed up to the
car. The poor lunatic rubbed his brow, as
| iftrying to recollect where he was he then
stretched out his arms towardsthe DISTRACTED
girl, and lifted himself up with his whole
strength. A shuddering fever-ft came over
him., He fell collapsed, and lay breathless
on the straw. The girl was removed forci-
bly, from the corpse. 1t was her bridegroom.
Her agony now found vent in the most terri
Bile imprecations against the French and
the Emperor, and her rage communicated
Eitselfto the crowd around, especially the
/ women who were assembled in considerable
numbers: they expressed their opinion in
language the most feaffully frantic.
should advise no F'renchman to enter into
such mob the name of the King him
self; would help him little there: Such are
the dragoon-teeth of wo which the Corsician
Cadmus has sown. The crop rises superb
lyy:; and already see, in spirit, the fields
i bristling with lances, the meadows with
swords. You and I doubtless, will find
our place among the reapers.-Remimi-
scenses Of The gear 1913, IN Germany.
DIsGRAcEFuL.-T following resolution,
with many others, was adopted at public
meeting in Michigan, at which Ex-senator
Norvel presided. No man who justly ap-
4 priciated and loved the privileges and duties
Of freeman, could disgrace himself BY
l:assenting to it.
/ Resolved, That the practice which has
for several years prevailed, ofrequiring the
candidates for the Presidency TO make pub
lie confession of their opinions on the pass
ing political tropic of the times, is depar-
ture from the example set in the earlier and
purer days ofthe republic; that it would be
unnecessary for Gen. Taylor to respond to
; calls of the kind that no man ought to be
elected for the Presidency, whose integrity,
character, principles and patriotism have
7 not been made sufficiently manifest by his
"a past life and conduct, and that the Chief
lsExecutive Magistrate Of a country like this
tOnght to be left free and untammelled, "a
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