New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-06
gy 0naM Daily aoaaau aaorna 4tara s. 1860

NJ be heard neghing asisI snertsne iii rpaSfibess
they dashed up To Ito relays.
q ineTe WIS sort Of little trap or window 81
II 8iAzed npas the front pannel of the d
yiAxeE through which tho red ana hirsuse paw D
y "a ration &C brown biseuit together with iii
MASK OF vodki, and mug of water now and the
IN, ~ was M!esslenrs, one terrible burning wor
! as tae WISH OF The old Ireland. Ell? Sometime
OF night, too, for If make black OF wolf. an no
&c cup as we say in France, he lust open, hi
open, the carriage door, this Cossack, and put
one bowl OF stchi,' with a spoon. Do you kno
Wild such seasonment A ragoat Of barbarous,
tell you 70 make d sculIion cryi Well. j SO hui
cry, eat it, devour it. lick thespoon. Imagin
you, De 10 Jobardere, who was other times ri
aaesor, edltor-what YOU say 2--of tho journal
Commands Of Paris ~
On, and on, and on, through the darkness, nit
gated or nnmitigated By Che kindly admissions /
we chlnk on and on, till all reckoning OF III
!, time was utterly confused.
But all things have an end on earth here aud q
last the carriage came to d dead stand-still, wit
its half dead passenger inside.
II was at least as raw and as cold, as foggy ani
as disagreeable q night as that of the departur
from st. petersbafgh, when, for the first time til
/ carriage door was opened wide. Right and lei
stood tall figure, ndistinet in grey capote, wit
hat muffin cap 70 crown III: but the reflected light
+ ranlnp the barrel OF n FURNISHED mnsket. lii hi
open doorway Of a house, whence q rcd glow d
of cheerful fire came Streaming out, stood an
A other martial figure, in cooked hat, with feathers
4 and green uniform with aiguiettes of an abide
4 camp. He raised his hand TO the cooked hat ii
4 question after the military fashion Of salute.
II M aDeign to descend, Monsieur
81 am then at Tnbolsk ~
A0f none, Monsieur to the contrary
4 aWhere then at Irkutsk2'
still less, Monsieur, Pray give yourself the
4 trouble to descend
| !" / am hardly in that costume objected De la
Jobardiere, Z for that brutal of faldjager---,'
Il GltAtra Eot-n t.n 1x,.1s
ter Pray, Monsieur, descend insisted the plumed
aid-de-camp, with mperturbable gravity
This, then, is at last Siheria?''
Siberia, Monsieur! By no manner of means y
Bntwhere on earth, then, have the misfortune
TO find myself--exeuse me-the honor to make
your distinguished acquaintanceSn
" have the distinguished honor" said the stafl,
officer unwilling TO be outdone in polteness by the
trenchman, to receive Monsieur at the grand
guard of the headquarters Of his Imperial Males
TVS army 10 Turkey, with the enciente of the
citadel of Sstria.
Peste n exclaimed De la Jobardere, q begin
to comprehend
Possibly quoth the aide-de-carnp.
scend?'
This last word was in tone which admitted of
no trifiing.
With mournful consciousness Of the ludicrous
appearance he presented that almost overpowered
the WEAKNESS, the anxiety, the Indignation which
possessed him, De la Jobardere stepped out of his
nying prison van, and followed the aid-aecamp
into the guard room. There by solid deal table.
stood the feidjager, whose snab nose and serubby
req moustache were henceforth indelbly impressed
upon his captiye's memory. An officer, whose
bearing and appearance would, without the stars |
and medals upon his breast have given to the most
careless observer Indication of high military com
mand, was reading a Dispatch apparently lust |
handed to him by that functonary the envelop of
whlch ne had carelessly thrown upon the table,
lie MaTechal Dieb--,
was all that in his confusion De la Jobardiare was
able to spell out.
Monsieur De la Jobardiere presume il, said |
this officer with glance of inquiry, but of perfect
gravity.
M The same Monsieur lie Marachal, 2 faltered tile |
owner of the appellation.
What officer has the grand rounds to-nghtY' I
ne next inquired turning towards group 81 Off
Major Razumoff- ki, of the Orenbnrg artillery
brigade" answered one Of their number, with the
salute.
Is he inoanted?n
And at the door, General.u
:" Let one Of his orderles dismount and let Mon.
'ieur De ID Jobardiere have his horse.n I
But consider little, Mar6chal, this costume
u, may say this want of it
IS, no doubt regretable circumstance. sir.
'nt orders, sir, superior orders, excuse me- The
'rana rounds should be starting-yen will be good
nough to mount, and TO accompany the MAJOR
There was no help for it; that stolid feidiager
- iioiuiiie uiSlllOuDteu troopers nag at the
DOR with unmoyed countenanee. Upon the less
npasslble troopers own Tartar physiognomy how
yer, was something like grin. 4 frown from tis /
,idJager suppressed it, as poor De la Jobardiere f;
crambled into the saddle, and endeayored to make
le best arrangement Of the blanket possible. IN
eep the damp night air from his bare shins. The
uit he clutched convulsiyely round him with his
ghl while the left tHgged at the bride Of his /
sngn ana peppery little Casehkir steed. II has
cry wide enciente, that fortress of Sillstra; and
Y major likewise visited several outlying pekets
g Iode at sharp pace from post to post, and the
lads, streets, and lanes were exeerable. i
Eanllatlon IS not my forte, you know, my good e
lends and q Tartar troopers saddle, That is
,mething oh to hefelt ii to be known. il VA
long agony that nocturnal ride' Thought If / i
little thing near as long that desolatine iour. s
N o. 1oits 70 Silistria. Day was beginning I'd n
,int, as we drew up once more to the gtlarf-roor
,or., - et''ss ooiii
Inc Frenehman shuddered on perceiving that
carriage with nine horses, harnessed three Il
. The Marshall said the poiite d.ie.eamn a
! first acquaintance, q bids me to eynress ~
'nsieur that he ~ desoaed not to have the epnar u
MY OF oHef1ng TO monsieur such poor hospitality
inc headquarters of captured fortress can
ord. But monsieur will understand HE in,nort u.
ce OF taking to the foot of the letter. a HI RI
untrymen express it, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in
uctions, he will comprehend. The military
y IL upon sneh il point + absolute. And have
J honor" with significant gesture towards
gaming carriage door, 9 10 wish monsieur q r.
Uoydge.n Fl
lang went that odious door again: apan woe | III
weight Of the clambering feldlager felt To dis AZ
b the equilibrium of the carriage fer a moment sh
~ did tle hoarse voice shout, s.Houpp ID ~ Of
I'm did the three whip-cracks emulate The sharp pl
OFT OF pstot-shots: again the carriage larted he
Yards; and again might be heard through slusb 30
mud TIE splashing gallop Of the mounted as
oper, right and left.
Why let the tale of De la Jobarderets misery he of
&c told All, all was the same as before. Tho SCI
nps, the thumps, the bolts the crashes tba Gu
ching and tossing, the swaying to-and-fro he eli
rents OF air, the darkness and the strtegiing an
: Of light, the bits Of brown biscuit, tie s5ns If En-
ki, the occasional bowls of stchi--aii were r. ga
ted-all, as before, jamblea and confused to- tin
her N sad and inc xtrcable "reminiscences his
W when tbs carriage stopped again for good CHI
when its door was once more opened wide the thu
nco was lofuer and the staircase of wider eween IT,
q at la Jobardiereis own hotel door on the Mor
ia II was night again, and it was again damn wa
cold and foggy; but clear illumination ram fee
ed unnecessary the lantern of the feldiarer or of
glmmer OF the carriage lamps Within III elo
rway on either side stood in full. dress nnfarn fail
non-eommissioned officers of the lannon's preo. fer
snsk Grenadiers, : = dol
gentleman in a fuil-dress entrawav. with hlaclr hu
tights and silk stockings to correspond with thi
ad silver buckles in his shoes a chain al ,siJ str
er links round his neck, silver kew on h IAN say
t.tail, and straight steehandled sword Nv M viz
I, bewed courteously to De la Jobardiare and
ged him 70 follow him up stairs.
reading noiselessy upon Yelvet5pie carnats wit
IN a ganaaf Ia