The Kanzas news., 1858-03-20
suwarrow, the Russian Hero.

pug nose, ana eyes commonly nall smut, d
few gray side locks, brought over the top
of his bald crown, and small tinpowdered
queue, the whole surmounted by three
cornered felt hat, ornamented with green
fringe, composed the 'head and front" OF
Field Marshal Suwarrow; but his eyes,
when open, were piercing. and in bat
tie they were said to be terrifeally ex-
pressiye.. When anything said or done
displeased him, a wsvy play of his deeply
wrinkled forehead betrayed, or rather ex-
pressed his disapproval. He had philo-
sophical contempt for dress, and might often
be seen drilling his men in his shirt sleeves
1t was only during the severest weatherzthat
he wore cloth, his outer garments beng
usually of white serge turned up with green
These were most indiferently made, as
were his large coarsely creased slouchiDg
boots, one of which he very commonly dis
pensed with, leaving his knee-band unbut
toned, and his stocking about his heel. A
huge saber and single order completed his
ordinary costume; but on grand occasions,
his feld-marshal's uniform was covered
with badges, and he was fond of telling
where and how he had won them. He Oft
en- arose at midnight, and welcomed the
first soldier he saw moving with piercing
imitation of the Growing of cock, in COM
pliment to his early rising. 1t is said in
the first Polish war, knowing a spy was in
the camp, he issued orders for an attack at
cock-erow, and the enemy expecting it in
the morning, were cut to pieces at nine at
night-Suwarrow having turned out the
troops an hour before his well known cry.
The evening before the storm of Ismail he
informed his columns:
Tomorrow morning, an hour before
daybreak, l mean to get up. I shall then
dress and wash myself, and then give one
good cock crow, and capture Ismail!"
When Segur asked him if he never took
off his clothes at night, he replied:
"No! when l get lazy and want to have
a comfortable sleep, 1 generally take off one
spur"
Buckets of cold water were thrown over
him before he dressed, and his table was
served at seven or eight O'Clock with sand
witches and various messes which Dubos-
cage describes as detestable Cossack dishes,
to which men paid the f'mouth honor, l"
which they would fain deny, but dare not,
lest Suwarrow should consider them effem-
mate. He had been very sickly in his
youth, but by spare diet and cold bathing
had strengthened and hardened himself in
to frst-rate condition. English ale was his
favorite drink. Soldiers, indifferently from
any regiment, were his servants. His food,
straw for he used no bed) and lodging
were the same as theirs. He saluted as
they did, dispensed with his pocket hand
naked, airing his shirt and dressing him
self at a watchire, among them; in short
he adopted all their habits. Descending to
be their friend and model, he did not only
what they were obliged to do, but whatever
it was to their advantage should be done /;
and they were proud to initiate the man who
was not less their comrade than their COM
mander, and the companion of princes
The constraint of duty was unfelt-obedi-
ence was delight to them. They called
| themselves his children, and him their faith
err; and while he attended to their wants
like one, his familiar jests with them, or in
their presence, made every condescension
convey some lesson.
what 1 say to soldier" he observed,
sis told to his comrades at night, and the
next day the army know IT."
To impress on them the duty of implicit
obedience, his aids-de-camp were accustom-
ed to interrupt his dinner or doze with
"You must eat no more" or ''you must
walk f
"Ah !" he would answer, in affected
surprise, ''by whose order ?''
''By that of Field Marshal Suwarrow, -
was the reply; 'and he must be obeyed," :"
was the laughing and submissive relolnder.
He once had his arm raised to strike a
aoldiap 1ubo,, m
''The Field Marshal has commanded that
no one shall give way to passion
He desisted, saying: f'What the Field
Marshal orders, Suwarrow obeys."
His instructions tended to form the man
as well as the soldier.
eff you perceive cannon with lighted
MATCH" he directs, crush upon it creeping:
the ball will pass over your head-cannon
and cannonlers are your own: overset the
gun and spike 1.-THE men may receive
quarter. 1t is sin to slay without cause.
Do no wrong to an unofending party; he
supplies you with meat and drink. A true
soldier is no robber. Spoil is to be held sa-
! cred If you capture camp or fortress, it
Is all your @wn; but beware of laying your
hands upon spoil without orders. Seek to
die for the honor of the Virgin Mary, your
mother 1.-THE Empress) and all the royal
family. The church offers up prayers for
those who fall-honors and rewards await
those who live. A soldier should be healthy
minded, brave, intrepid, decisive. loyal and
honorable. Let him pray to God, from
whom proceed victory and miraculous in
Propositions. God be our guide! God is
our leader . l don't know| can't
impossible, were words he hated. 'Learn
l-do-try," he would exclaim "when a
soldier Is expected to act, and does nothing,
ne must be wrong; if he does something,
there are chances he does rightly. Many a
man has resources within himself that he
is not aware of. Under Suwarrow he is
sure to do his BEST If he wentinto a house