M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-08-04

for some assistance. ! set OUT Dat lhad
not proceeded lar for the purpose when saw
a party Of horse coming toward me, and, ,oo-
serving that they had short lails,I knew at
once that they were English, and soon dis
tinguished the Duke. lie was on his way
to the Prussan head quarters, thinking that
they might want some assistance, aud he in
stanty gave directions for a supply Of caval
~. How are they iormingP he inquired
in column, not in line replied. The
Pussian soldiers says Blucher, wall not
stand in line. Then the artillery will pay
upon them, aud they will be beatea damna-
bly, So they were. At the last Waterloo
dinner when my health was drank ss usual,
and as usual rose to return thanks, / stated ,
briefly tlis occcrrvuue. and the Duke, when
alluded to ii, cried Hear hear.
From the Prince de Is6Ialid.d Rogers
learned fact or Two about the Empeior,
which we may as well throw in here: a3i
That dispatch which ,Bondparte published
on his retreat from Moscow, was it written
by himself? By himself certainly, Which
is the be ST portrdit OF him? That whichrep-
resents him at Malmason. 1t Is done ny
Isabey. The bust gave Alexander Barring,
done by Canoya, is excellent, 1t stands too
low at present. Did he shave himself? AL
WAYS; though he was long about it, shaving
a little and then conversing, if any body was
wthhim. A king by birth, said he, smiling,
is shaved by another He who makes HIM
| self ROi shayes himseli."
Many stories are Of the privations of a SOL
defs life. The Duke stayed that for many
Yeats in the Peninsula he uudressed very sell
dom, neUer for The first four years. The fol-
lowing passage from the experience Of the
veteran soldier is very suggeslive;
81 speared seven or eight wild boars ip
forest in Picardy-an Eastern pracG e
The largest struck the sole of my foot with
his tusk, when | thrust my lance into his
spine, aud was turning my horse off at the
instant, as always did The rest of the
party set up shout, and IbeLieUs IL gaze me
more PLEASURE this achiereasRt, than oay
hinq euer did in my lje Lord Hill killed
cne on foot, but the difficult thing was to
kill one on horseback Whoever threw the
first lance into boar claimed it as bis"
1t appears from these conversations that
the DUKE occasionally contemplated writing
commentaries on his campaign, in the man
ner Of Caesar and Sir Francis We're. OF CD-
sar he was careful student. lad Cesar's
Commentaries with me in India" he says
"and learned much from them-fortifying
ny camp every night as he did, | passed
over the rivers as he did, by means of bas'
kets and boats Of basket.work; only think
improved upon him, constructing them in
to bridges, and always fortifying them, and
leaving them guarded, to return by them i
necessary" In another place, referring to
this longing to become his own historian, the
Duke SAYS II should like much to tell th'
truth, but if did should be torn 10 pieces
here or abroad. | have, indeed, no time {
: write, much as ! might wish to do so, and
am still December, 1920 100 much IN tn
p world to do it,
The Duke had no very high opinion OF thos
. who wrote ON his warllke operations, and o
this he made no secret The severe vetdtcj
on Scott would have been very annoying t
the romancer had he heard il;
: "Scost'S Life Of AcpoIcon Is Of no value :
/ The tolerable part Of it is what relates to hi
retreat from Moscow. have thought mucl
on that subject, aud have made many inqut
! ries concerning it. gave him my papers
5 Tie has used some, not all. "
OF Southey the Great Duke also though
Q meanly:
d "Namer has great materials. and mean
D.. well; but he is too much influenced by al.
thing that makes for him, even by an asser
2 ton in a newspaper. do not think muct
I of Souhey. The Subaltcrn sexcelent, par
ticularly in the American Expedition TO New
7 Orleans. He describes all he sees