The Van Buren press., 1859-09-14

ed, when early on the following morning,
French aid de camp came to apprise her
thet the general.in- chief desired an interview
with her at the town hall, in which he had
established his headquarters.
Without the hesitation of moment, the
newly made widow took her child by the
hand, who was pale and feeble with terror
and want of rest and then lifting him in
her arms. she followed tho messenger with
firm step, without having uttered sylla-
ble
introduced at once into the council cham
bcr, she found herselfin the midst of all the
most celebrated generals OF the French ar
my--those men who were subsequently to
fulfill such different destanies-who were to
gain or to lose thrones; and to leave upon
the field of battle. or in the intrigues of
courts. or amid politicsl conspiracies, some
their honor and somesfheir heads. There
were assembled MuAs,s Duroc, ,Lsnnes.
Dessaix. Matthew, Dumas, Massena, Hoche,
were to become famous while in their
midst stood the general-in-chief, his arms
folded lightly across his breast. and his
eyes bent upon the ground.
AS the lady entered, he looked toward
her, advanced in silence, and led her to her
seat passed his hand with melancholy
smile over the fair curls. of her boy, and
then commenced q slow and measured walk
from end to end of the apartment.
The sudden summons, this strange recep-
ton, and the deep silence which reigned a.
round her, At first astonished and finally
alarmed the unhappy woman-but she
could not articulate one sentence to enquire
of those with whom she had been SO
strangely brought into contact, what she
had to fear or what to hope.
Suddenly the roll Of mufled drum fell
upon her cara discharge of musketry fol-
lowed it-and the report had no soonor
died away than the general-in-chief stood
motionless for an instant, and then ap-
preaching her, took her hand, and led her
to window, from which she looked down
upon the melancholy close of military ex-
eeution. H..
Shrink not, madam he said, as with
q natural horror she ayerted her head from
the painful spectacle ''thc dead man lyin
yonder was French officer whom his coun
trymen and comrads have Just shot, for
having in town taken by assault, muir
dered an Austrian"
1
the group around him, and then added:
"You are at perfect liberty to quit Ivree,
whenever you may wish to do so. To you
the town must be full of bitter and cruel
memories, nor is it at this moment fitting
place of residence for one SO young, and
pardon me-so handsome as yourself. l
shall place you under the escort and protec-
ton Of Gen. Dessaix, who will answer for
your safety to the repusaie. Farewell, mad
anne; all l ask Of you is to tell the Arch
duke Charles, on your arrival in his camp.
what justice you have seen and experienced
in the French army"
And the name Of my preserver-my
avenger-that and my child may remem-
ber him in our prayers 2"
The stern soldier turned aside for mo-
ment, and then, with studied and gracious
courtesy, he said in voice which was some
what less steady than its wont
.'I thank you, madame l may not ask
those prayers from you for France, but still
l gratefully accept them for Napoleon
HENRY WARD BEEcHER cN NEwsPApERs.
CONSIDER how universal arc newspapers
in America. They penetrate every nook
and corner of society. No other eleme mt OF
power has such sphere. The pulpit, the
court, the lecture, compared with the news
paper, touch society IN but few places. The
newspaper in America is universal. 1t
reaches within and without, from surface to
core; it travels everywhere, is bought by
everybody. read by all classes, and is Who'll
ly or nearly the only reading of more than
half our population. Its service to good
lie nd 70. ., Il,
is incalculablc. All the libraries of Europe
are not of as much service to the nations OF
Europe as the newspaper is to the Ameri-
can nation. Its power is growingl Who
would, twenty years ago, have dreamed of
such growth and power as has been devel-
oped? But the next twenty years will wit
ness greater. The editor is to be the
schoolmaster. The best talent will find it's
highest sphere in the editorial room. AL
ready that chair is more influential, than
the bench or the platform. No brain can
act upon SO many as that which speaks by
the printing press of the daily paper
Ink beats like blood in the veins of the ma
tion.
FAcTs ABOUT CArrLE.-It is fact that
all domestic animals can be improved in
size and value. One hundred and fifty years
ago, the average weight of cattle at the
SmithGeld Market was not over $40 pounds,
and that Of the sheep % pounds. Now the
average weight Of the former is over 800 lbs.,
and of the s.tter 80 pounds.
The average weight of cattle, properly
termed beeves, in the New York market, Is
about 100 lbs. and sheep so lbs.
The average live weight of the heaviest
drove of beeves, 100 in number, ever bro't
to this market. was 2.061 pounds, weighed
from dry feeding in Illinois, last spring.
The mode Of selling cattle in New York
is At 50 much per pound for the estimated
weight of meat contained in the four-quar
ters. The estimation is made upon the live
weight Of cattle as follows.
A drover in buying . lot Of grass s-fed,
common stock in Illinois, should never cal.
culate to get An estimate Of over ne-hali
here Of the live weight there. That is, il
the drove average IL cwt., they will make
6 cwt. of meat each
Medium, beeves may be estimated at 81 OF
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