Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-04-01
Ho.e, q the Invailds. paris.

Professor Upnan1s In Wfltlng TO the OODgTeSatou-I
alis thus concludes letter from Paris
The Hotel of the Invalids is vast establishment
founded by Louis XIV, but greatly enlarged from
time to time, and the present time covering with
its numerous courts, sixteen acres OF ground. we
passed number of pieces of heavy artillery. as we
approached the gate Of entrance and everywhere, /
at the gate and in the court, and galleries some
seated on chairs, and some walking; some with one
remaining, and others with one leg, with diver
sites of uniform, but ALL apparently, IN good spirits
and chaterng excessively, the old associates OF
my guide-the broken, but indomitable remnants of
the wars of the Emperor. Too old to fight, and too
much mutilated to labor, they felt themselves happy
in not being obliged 10 beg
The Hotel of the nvalids, constructed with a view
to accommodation of large number of soldiers,
displays front of ak hundred and twelve feet
There are four refectories-or diningrooms-for the
occupants each one hundred and fifty feet in length
and eight spacious dormitorles besides smaller ones
containing fifty beds each. The dome of the lnva-
lids which has sort of historical celebrity: is spa
cious and lofty. and is at great distance
Among the other accommodations pertaining to this
remarkable establishment it has a library of | 500
volumes; consisting chiefly of works of general lit
erature, prudence. and military strategy and 1t
is here-as m ght naturally be expected. that we
find deposited many of the trophies which the
! French have taken from their enemies In the time
of Napoleon there three thousand flags collect
ed here-the memorials of war and of conquest, all
of which burnt by the French themselves on
the evening previous to the entrance Of the allied
armies into Paris. March 81 1914 certain it Is
that war brings with it its reribution
| In this building are the remains of Napoleon, the
dust and ashes of the man who was for many years
the idol of France and The terror of Europe. 1t IS
not surprising that visitors should constantly flock
| to the splendid monument of man OF such won
derful power and of such strange yiclssltudes at
the age of twenty ght the conqueror of Italy at
thirty the first Consul of France and at thirty
Ave the Emperor of France but in his purpose of
co"quering Europe driven back by the flames of
Moscow, defeated at Waterloo, and finding death on
| the rock of st. Helena. The hoof of his horse
rod in the blood of millions.
AS | returned from the place, the sun was setting
behind the distant hills. passed through the ma
iestic grove Of the EIysian Fields. The autumnal
leaves cleaning in the departing radiance of day.
fell around me. My heart mt back to America.
The sound of her rivers was in nay Her vast
forests spread out before remembered the
vastness, the wildness, the repose of nature, and
said myself, These works which have seen in
foreign landS-the efforts and the memorial of ge
niu<-are still the works of Imperfection
marks their origin decay completes their progress.
Beauty and deformity, life and death mingled
together. Nan is here; but where is the Maker Of
Man : sigh for my native land. | wish to hear
again the prayers and the hymns of her cottagers.
INSPIRED by the blessings around them. Her rivers
are her lines of beauty her hills her monu-
ments the mighty armament is her cathedral and
God-heard in the signing of the winds-seen IN the
richness of the forest and eternal in the reproduce
ton of her wild and varied magnifcence-God is
, everywhere
GEN. JAcksoNs "REMINISCENCES OF THE BATTLE OF
NEW ORLEANS.-'' PhlIO Jackson writes to lhe
, Savannah Journal an inter resting account of visit
to Gen. jackson at the Hermitage in 1889, from
which we extract the following:
81 lOnged to hear him speak Of his great battle,
and of the greatest battles too of modern histo-
ry the browning exploit of his military life, the bat
tie of the 8th Of January before New Orleans. He
had just returned from his last visit that city,
and lamented the decease Of most of his old com
patriots since that battle. All the officers except
Col Tiehault, he observed, were dead. He then
graphically described the field, the fortications,
he laughngIy called them, and the victory, in a
manner shall never forget Mr.. Eaton (said
Gen Jackson) has greatly erred in his description Of
E breostwork of cotton bags There pas not bag o.
- cotton the field. Sir! had some store-boxes and
= sand bags, bags filled with sand, and these
= extended along the lines: but they were so low
u that at the close of the action when the British
y surviving General, in command, came riding up OF
! elegant horse. to surrender his sword. when he
y got me, heard him exclaim, with mortified
surprise. Barricades! by -, could leap then
= with my horse = laughed hartily at his astonish
ment for so he could, and besides, ,cing the
= works not completed had nothing there bu
% cornfeM fence, if the British had only known, tt
~ turn to it But by keeping my men constant,
throwing facnes and ladders the works, thu
- British were effectuay deceived But (cnntinuet
i
~ the Resurrection on that day. After the smoke
of the battle had cleared off somewhat (our mel
were in hot pursuit of the flying enemy.) then
saw, in the distance, than five hundred BritOn
emerging from heaps Of their dead comrades all ore
the plain !-rising up, and more distinctly USble q
the field became clearer, coming foraca,d and
derlng as prisoners of war to soldiers The
had fallen at our first fire on them. without havin
received scratch, and lay PROSTATE, if dead. til
the close of the action. Gen jackson regarded thi
action, justly, the most glorious achievement q
his life. That victory glorious to his countr
as to the hero of New Orleans--yet the strategy 0
- the General in this mastery battle has bee
h duly appreciated in any history of it have read
How MURAT MET HIS FATE.-The sentence of tn
OF military commission read to him with due sol
Sc emnity. He listened to it he would have lstene
at to the cannon OF another battle during his mltar
life equa ly without emotion or bravado. He Meth
h. er asked for PARDON for delay nor for appeal H
III advanced of his own accord toward the door, as
" to accelerate the catastrophe. The door opened
m narrow esplanade lying between the towers of tn
castle and the outer walls. Twelve soldiers, wit
loaded muskets. awaiting him there. The mario,
s. space did not permit them stand sufficient dis
&c lance to deprive death of part of it's horror Mu
ne rat in stepping the threshold of his chamber
found himself face to face with them. He refuse
to let his eyes be bandaged and looking the so
diers with firm and benevolent smile, My friends,
said he. do not make suffer by taking bad ain
or The narrow space naturally compels you almost
rest the muzzles of your muskets on my breast d
rs not tremble, do not strike in the face-aim ;
" the heart, here it isl
" AS he spoke thus he placed his right hand upo
his coat, to indicate the position Of his heart
his left hand he held a small medallion, which cor
or tanned in one focus of love, the image of his vii