Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-03-04


M1REAU's OPINION OF NAPOLEON. Baird
in lecture delivered lat week in -. |. al, j.
The narrator ut an Incident new 10 u. II mnv
b. remembered thai Sir Rob II wilson to wa.
present a. a British Conm siotcr Il, the battl.
of Dresden, wher. Mnreau received the fat
cannon shot by the immediate command Of Napo
icon. volunteered his services that son as
aid DE-. camp IL Moreau. 1t appears that the r.,
lation thus held led TO a conversation between
the two "n the night preceding the battle the
substance of which thus fuI nished by Sir
Robert Peel 10 Mr. Baird at Gibraltar IN lsiG.
"NIlsnn.n said Morean.' GU aud arc fnreipn.
er-, aud eau talk with you freely | feel badly
about the battle of 10 morrow; ! fear il will Ina
disastrous. haze been here but II little while.
and have not gotten well acquainted with thi.
large army from different nations: have not pot
hold Of IL. Then | am en,rapped by the pres.
ence of these monnrehs. ! think know h. W f.,
command, but | do not feel free to net withou.
consulting them, and they are not military men.
In the next place, have the appearance Of fight
ing against France, which no Frcnchmnn likes
Cod knows. | am not fighting against France.
but against the tyram that rules that cou1.trv.
But, inp-t Of all. am troubled because | know
that to morrow shall have command against II
man who will anticipate every movement shall
make. ! cannot make Il movement with this ar
my which Bonaparte will not know as 10
that am going to axe it, and he vii nntcipat.
me. cannot make II movement which he will
not anticipate, unless ii be such one as onght
not to make, and that. "a military man, I will
not make
Did you ever hear.said DIR. b. 10 his audience.
criticism on Bonapaff,'s genius a. n military
man equal TO that which Is contained in these re-.
marks! And this made by man who was cana
bic Of comprehending that genius. Tho battle
went on, and the allies were defeated.
NAPOLEON AND THE LADIES. Though If dif-
fare tho fnlln Tl,,t.
DIR. Baird will equally bear repeating:
Shortly after Banapartp made First Con
sui, aud had installed himself in the Palace If the
Tuilleries, he he'd grand reception aud ball
But he experience at that early day Of his career
no little difficulty in organizing his Court aud m.-
king matters 60 snoothl,v
When the supper was ready, tie ladies were
summoned first, the gentlemen being under the
necessity of waiting until their ''betters" were
served. Two thousand ladies. SLOWLY not taste
fully dressed rushed forward In the doors of the
great dining hall one of the most splendid
dining Rooms in Europe. The great folding doors
were c!o>ed,and the officers of il" palace fo and it
Impossible to get them open, for the ladies
pressed against them, aud we're engaged ia igh
dispute among thrmSelve>,us Il whu 4 iIipn had
the ehfree o. right TO Ga first. Ou. 1t " said
the right wa, hers, for her husband vas great
Generals but she soon found that others main
tanned. on one ground another. that their
claims were greater.
Meanwhile the officers could not get the
doors open, and In CONSERVATION one of them
FASTENED In the first Consul and .kel him how
they should settle the question Of precedence
80, says Bonaparte, nothing il easier tell tb,m
that the oldest is 10 60 first The officer rep,i.
to the ladies the First Con ~ui's drci,ion anl ia.
stantly they all fell back! This gaze the officer
an opportunity to get the doors open, when to
their establishment none of The ladies were will
ing TO (" first After stndding in that ridicu.
i"u- position for N ment. they began 10 laugh
heartily at their own folly, an all march { Into
the dining hall without further de lay.