The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-02-12
MARSHAL NEY:

Some writer, in one Of the American psriodi'
Gals, undertook, several years ago, to establish
identity between this renowned warrior, ana
Captain Rudolph of Lees Legion, IN the re-
evolutionary war. We always regarded Tue
essay "a made sotIe what in the spirit winch
p,oduced Wha,eley's famous historic oouo's
relative 10 the existence Of Napoleon Bona
.nsrre-as designed, nlmely, TO show now easy
y xos IN ems, a doubt upon the reality OF any,
the best ascertained, points oil history. In
;he, ngh, il was very ingenious and interest
;,r performance. We never supposed the au-
thor intended il to be taken seriously, for there
aere too many people living at the time, who
knew Marshal Ney, and had known him from
ms childhood, in Suasburg, where he was
born. His father died no, more than ten or
twelve years ago, in Paris, we believe. We OBJ
serve that some person has revived the story in
some Of our exchanges, and treated it serious
y.
Captain Rudolph performed the greater part
Of his exploits, as recorded by Lee, in the year
1881. We presume he was not less than thir-
~ years old, as he would hardly have risen
10 the rank Of captain, in such distinguished
corps, at lesser age. Now, in 1871, Ney was
buttwelve years old, having been born in the
same year that gave birth to Napoleon and
Wellington, (1769) Nothing is better known
than that Ney was private in the commence.
r,ent of the revolution, and that he tough, his
~cy up. 1t would hardly be supposed that
man who had been captain in Lees Legion
in 1881, would have been found private IN the
French army in 1890.
UNITED STATES REvIEw.-A new monthly
win this title made it's first appearance IN New
York in January. 1t is politico-llterary pc
rodical, and espouses the principles and poll
CIV OF the Democratic party. We have before
a. the January and February numbers, which
ere we'll gotten up, and neatly and clearly
printed. Now, then, there be two Richmonds
in the field the old Democratic Review and
the new United States Revew-both address
ing themselves after their respective fashions to
the support ofthe Democratic arty. During
the las, Presidential campaign, the old Demo
cratic Review, under the control Of Mr. Geo.
N. Saunders-we believe Familiarity STYLED
Admiral Saunders-created quite an excite.
nent in the political world by firing up very
srdenty in behalf of what was styled Young
Democracy. The two features Of this subd-
vision of the party, which were most warmly
pressed by the Admiral, were Intervention in
foreign affairs, and the young giant OF the
Observation-Disclosures, of Illinois-for the PresI.
dency The articles of the Review, about That
time, caused a great deal of stir. But Doug
las was not nomi mated. Admiral Saunders,
however, did not give it up so. He acquiesced
in the nomination of Pierce /; but latterly has
been showing some of his repugnance towards
leading men of his party who were opposed to
rim. Quite q war between him and portion of
tEe Dem ocratic press-especially the Wash
ington Union-has been the consequence
0lt Of these family jars has arisen the new can
didate-the United States Review-whose
prospectus is a very polite one, and whose
ella inns are being brought TO the notice of the
Democrats in these regions by Mr.. THEODORE
A. FOSTER, the publisher, who is now in this
city.