New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-11-23
Want of Confidence in Napoleon.

An Italian correspondent of the Independent says
that ever since the battle of Magenta the French
| army has lost confidence in the Emperor Napoleon
| as general, on account of what took place on
that day. The correspondent says:
have the fact on the best authority, from Cap
tain of the Staff who related it to me recently, in
the presence of six other officers, returning like
himself, from Soferino and who confirmed his
| statements, which were as follows: You remenl-
ber, he said, ''that famous order of the day, and
the telegram to the Empress after Magenta? He
said: a division of the Imperial Guard has COW
cred itself with glory! For whole day has sus-
tanned the shock oftorty thousand Austrians,' ETC.
Now, how do you explain that on the morrow, Nc
Mahon, who had come only at the end of the day.
received all the honors of it, and was made Duke Of
was on account of the timely help he brought to
the victorious but exhausted Guard.' "Not lin the
least,n replied the captain, set cola CONNIE en-
ecrie rhistoire! I was there, and l can tell you
what nobody will dare to publish in France, though
it is as true as the Gospel When the famous Or
der of the day concerning the Guards became
known among the first corps, McMahon's, a great
irritation prevailed, amounting almost to rebellion.
Since all the glory is always given to the corps
chit,'i, (hey call thus the privileged Guards) let
them fight alone! we will not do anything more! =
Early in the morning Mcmahon, sharing the anger
of his soldiers went to the Emperor and told him
in what state of mind his troops were, charging
him with injustice towards those who had in fact,
won the battle, and saved him (the Emperor) from
the greatest danger. Napoleon was surprised.
"What have you done?" said he to McMahon;
"why did you come so late, after | sent you so
many orders to come to Magenta y Mcmahon
then begged the Emperor to follow him; he showed
him on the ground, streWn for several miles with
the bodies Of his dead soldiers, that he, Mcmahon,
had to fight and overcome the bulk of the Austrian
army in order to reach Magenta and join the En-
peror; that for his timely coming the Emperor was
enveloped by the enemy, and, finally, that his
Majesty had made the enormous blunder of taking
,p1n bnftln fl,uf,t 1,nl
and which was only an episode, and the least part
of it! 1t was then, in order to quiet the murmur-
ing soldiers of Mcmahon, that he made the latter
Duke and Marshal; but ever since the egregious
mistake of Magenta, there is not an officer or a
soldier in the army who has the least faith in the
military genius of the Emperor
A DuTcH SERMoN.-The following admirable
production, delivered before company of volun-
teer soldiers during the Revolutionary struggle,
upon the eve of their going to GLORIOUS war" was
calculated to inspire them with more than Hercu-
lean courage:
Mine Frents Ven Wrist You coined here you
poor and lousy, and now, mine frients, you is
prout and sassy, and yons gotten on your uniforms
and dem Wit you like doings upon a hogs pack
now, mine frients, let me tell you dis, a man is a
man if he is no bigger as my dumb. Ven Tavid
went out to vite nit Goliah, he took noting NIT him
but Won sling; now, don't mistaken me, mine
frents; it was not a rum sling no, nor gin sling;
no, nor mint water sling; no, it vas sling made
nit one hickory schtick Now, ven dis Goliah sees
Tavid coming, he says: "You Won little scoundrel,
does you to wife me? will give you the birds
of the felt and de beasts of air" Tavid says:
"Goliah Goliah, de race is not always nit de
shwift, nor ish de battle NIT de strong and man
is man if he is no pigger as my dumb" So
Tavid he fixed stone in his sling and drows it at
Goliah, and nocks him rite in the voreheat, and
Tavid takes Goliah's sword and cuts off his heat
and den all the purity Gals of de shiddy comes out
and strued flowers in his way and sung, Saul ish
great man for he has kilt his thousands, but Ia
vd sh greater man as he, for he has kilt Goliath"