M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-08-04
From the Boston Transcript, July Ill
wellington aud NnpOIeOn.
REcoLLEcTloEs OF THE POET ROGERS.

In the "Recoleclons,' by Samuel Rogers,
lust published in London, we find several
very interesting statements concerning Bo'
naparte, in the chapters headed Duke OF
Wellington" We make liberal extracts
therelrom, and ihe reader will bear in mind
that the words quoted are those of The Duke
himself In speaking to Mr.. Rogers Of his
great antagonist at Waterloo, Wellington
remarked: "BOaaparie neUer 8ato; though
during the battle o Waterloo we were once,
| understood. within quarter of a mile of
each other regret it much, for he was u
most extraordinary man. To me he seems
to have been at his acme at the Peace OF Til.
sit, and gradually TO have declined alter
ward" The Duke thus continues his COM
ments on Napoleon:
AT Waterloo lie had the finest army he
ever commanded; and every thing up 10 the
onset must have turned out as he wished
Indeed, he could not have expected 10 beat
the Pnssians, as be did at Ligny, in four
hours. But two such armies as those at
Waterloo have seldom met, if | may judge
from what they did on that day. 1t was a
battle Of giants! Many of my troops were
Gew; but the new fight well, though they
msneuyer ilt--b4tDr, perhlps, than many
who have fought and bled. As to the way
in which some of our ensigns and lleuten
ants braved danger 1.-The boys just come from
school-it exceeds all belief. They ran as
al cricket"
Ia again speaking of Napoleon the Duke
said;
"Bonoparte, in my opinion, committed ont
of his greatest errors when he meddled with
Spain; lor the anmOsity of the people was
uncona uerqble, and it was almost !mpossl
Bile to get us out of that corner, | have OF
ten said it would be his ruin; though nigh
not live to see it. A conquorOr like a can
non-bal, must 90 on. Il he rebounds, hi;
career is over. BOnaparte was certainly as
clever a man as ever lived, but he appear;
to Inc 10 have wasted sense on many occa
sions Al one time | expected him there
| fin Spainl in person, AMI by himself shoulC
( have regarded at least as an accession oil for
ty thousand men.p
The following statement shows how thu
diplomatists were at fault on an importan
occasion;
"When Bonaparte left Elba for France,
was at Vienna, aud received the news iron
Lord B BIrghersh, our Minister at Florence
The instant it came | communicated 1t tt
every member oi Congress, aud all laugheC
the Emperor Of Russia most OF all
WHAT was in your letter to his Majesty thi
murningl' said his physician; for when h
broke the seal he capped his hands and burs
ont luughiug Various were the cOnjeC
lures as to whittier he was gone; but non
would hear of France. All we've sure tina
in France he would be massacred by tn
people when be appeared there. | remem
Der Talyrand's words so well: Pour L
FrdRce-NOnF "
The meeting Of Wellington and BIuche
on the field of Waterloo, when the shock o
blttle had ceased ami the hack and carnag
had begun, has been described and painted
Here is the Dukes account, winch dlller
very much from the pictorial representation
of the scene:
"When all was over, DIUcher and met a
La Mdison Rouse. 1t was midnight whe
he came, and riding up, he threw his arm
y around me, and kissed me on both cheeks a
sat in the saddle. was then in pursuit
; and, as his TROOPS were fresh, halted mine
and left the business TO him. In the day
wa, for some time incumbered with the corp
diDlomatiqle. They would not leave nj
say what / would. We supped aiterwar
, together between Iight and morning, 10
spacious tent erected in the valley for tha
purpose, POzzo dl Borgo was there anon
others; and, at my request, he sent oil me;
, senger with the news ~ lGhent, where LOU
the Eighteenth bfeaklasted every morning
l bow-Nindow to The street, and where, ever
morning, The citizens assembled uiisler II
, gaze on him, When the messenger, Rus
sian. entered the room with the news, III
| king embraced him; aud all embraced hin
2 and one another, all over The house. a
/ emissary ol Ruthschilt was in the street; an
, no sooner dill he see these demonstration
than he took wing for London Not ~
. liable ESCAPED from his lips at Bruges, al o.
!. tenla, or at Mlrgate; nor, till RotnschlId ha
taken his measures on the Stock ExChhnS
E was the intelligence communicated to Llr
: Liverpool"
q Fr6m the lips of Lord Hahinge, Mr.. RI
gers set down good story u the previou
!. fight, in which the Prussi4ns hld been 5
n terribly cut up;
. "Bsiore the batte Of Ligny. (said LoI
2 Haringt,) in which los; my ern, abO'
). noon, Butcher, thinking that the FienC
a were gathering more aud more aghn't bh
s requested That " culdgo and solicit the Dsl