The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-03
SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1855.

$ your fathers house. By the way, l don't thinl
| ever asked you his name.'' s ~
! 'sPleyille.le-Pelley," said George, as h.
walked towards his home +@'e IL
; sl We will leave it to our readers to imagine
: how the truant boy made himself known to biz
5 sorowing parents-how speedily their grie
, was turned into joy-and how his mother shud
: dered and drew him closer to her bosom, whe1
] he told of the shipwreck and the iceberg.
! F5 "Where are you going my loves'' asked Ma
dame Plevile, when she saw her husband take
up his hat, and prepare to go out ar s,-s.g.
) ''To bring here that brave captain Verenne
!, but for him, this boy would have been lost
He soon reappeared with the desired guest and
) the whole history Of their adventures was gone
over again. gvsiHs4si .sf . @zgs@Ia Is Az sl.as
4 Il hope my child" said Madame Pl6vlle
that you have now had enough Of sea-lfe, ano
will be content to remain quietly at home.
Il hope quite the contrary said the captain
roughly. Il daresay he is only anxious to be
off again. ss4s sid seg4 f,
4 'If what he has suffered has not suficed tc
i disgust him with the profession" said his ia,
ther, sit must be his vocation to become q
saior.'' 1..z "a ,..-----.. z.... ..
i And a sailor George Rene Pleville le-P Peley
became, and confined during his life After
having made several voyages to Newfoundland
and elsewhere, he entered his country's, service,
and in an engagement with an English frigate
he lost his right leg. The accident, however
did notimpede either his actively nor promotion
Twice was the wooden leg shot from under hin,
and he used to congratulate himself that he
thus gave work to the carpenter and not to
the surgeon. .,sa.. rr,.., r-s~-s Eslg,@.r .; n
! In 177O, ill-health forced him to retire for a
time from active service, and he was made port
lieutenant at Marseilles. While there, the En-.
glIsh trlgate, the Alaran, commanded by cap
tain Jervis- afterwards lord st. Vincent-was
driven by tempest into the bay, and ran an
imminent risk Of being dashed to pieces on the
rocks. Pleville, with all the sailors whom be
could collect, fastened to the rescue. The
night was dark, and the storm so fearful thai
the boldest Of the sailors refused to leave the
shore. The lieutenant himself, despite of his
infrmity, did not hesitate Fastening strong
rope round his body, and grasping cable, one
end of which he had made fast to the ground
he let himself down into the sea- With almost
incredible efforts, he succeeded in reaching the
frigate when it was about to perish, and by bis
to pilot it in in safety. On the next day, he
sent workmen to repair the injuries which the
vessel had sustained, and she was soon fit tc
return to England. r. - ..... i..s ..,
The English admiral testified his gratitude
by sending captain Jervis back to Marseilles
with a splendid service of plate, and compli
mentary and grateful letter for Plevlle. His
noble conduct on this occasion met afterwards
with what he esteemed much higher recon
pense. During the war of 1778, his son, who
was serving On beard a frigate, was taken priso
ner. No sooner did the English admiralty
learn who the young man was, than they moi
only ordered him to be set at liberty, but per.
mitted him also to release several of his com
radcs. 'l. -'7-s .r- - ~" "@
I The telegraph which still exists on the hote
de la marine, is proof of Peviles noble disin
terestedness Appointed in 1897 minister o
the marine, he was directed to make a tour 0
inspection along the French coast, and 40, ,OO(
francs were allowed for his expenses. He spen
but s, 900 and on his return Immediately sen
the remaining $4,000 back to the public treas
ury. The government, however, refused to re
ccive the sum, and Pleville employed it for the
good of the nation in erecting telegraph
After glorious, happy, and useful life
having been made chief officer of the legion oil
honor, GeorgeRene Pevie Peley died at the
age of eighty years, on the Cd of October, 1905
A simple monument, bearing an epitaph com
posed by M. Lemaire, was raised to his memory
in the cemetry of the east in Paris.
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AMERICAN SYMPATHY.-We wonderif those
Americans who have so many grains of SYM
pathy for England, and have grieved Sc much
over the repulse of the allies at Sebastopol,
have any recollection Of the exploits of che
British army in the city of Washington, and
along the shores of the Chesapeake, in 1914?
The Russian war reveals no atrocities equalled
IN horror to those committed by that British
army. The combined herd of English marines,
savage negroes, and the crews of the ships and
boats of the squadron advanced to their work
OF spoliatlon and of blood, of rapine and robbie
ry. Admiral Malcolm, admirah Coddington,
(who afterward commanded when the Turkish
fleet was destroyed at Navarno,) captain of
the feet in the Chesapeake, and capt. Napier,
the same who is now an admiral, served in
this British invasion The infamous Cockburne
and Cochrane were in command of the naval
force. So monstrous were their deeds that
one of the British officers, shocked at the
WIG sPeeIdCie, co!HpdTeG tIeln 10 the alfOcltleS
which, in barbarous age, marked the Danish
invasion of England. The burning of houses,
the destruction Of produce, the cutting off of all
stragglers, the insult and outrage upon defence
less women, their choice pastmes on tae. .Ches-
apeake, were ftly followed by those polished
Brtons, by the destruction of the capitol and
the presidents house, and the firing of vast
amount Of private property in the American
capitol. So shocked was the civilized world
at this rapine and murder and incendiarism,
that many distinguished Englishmen felt COM
PEELED to denounce it, among them Mcintosh,
the historian, who declared in parliament that
the burning OF Washington was a success which
made our naval power hateful to all Europe,
which gave the hearts of the American people
to every enemy who might rise against Eng
land; an enterprise which most exasperated a
people, and least weakened a government ofany
recorded in the annals Of war
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DR.. Mercier effected a triumph in the surgi-
cal art yesterday in the case of the jaw bone.
Many distinguished members of the profession
were present and expressed their delight at