The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-25


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+ battles fonRhf jk %.
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bad then Oecdsse
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side would have
| Bonaparte TemaiNed fn :
field, and thataw ais IN -
ever so like defeat
The field Of Eylan wna nv
snow, and the little ponds fhas
| tered over it were frozen S6l
to bear the artillery, SesenI
sand men on one side, and d
thousand on the other, and fsolk
frozen field on which they bad Isip
night at February, without tsnt ~
ing, to battle for continent Ai1Rt
on the left, was utterly routed ante -
morning. Advancing through , sa
storm so thick he could not sec the ene
the Russian cannon moved dQwh kf
ranks With their destructive fire. Wills
the Cossack cavalry, which were esasl
to charge, came laundering On, Hans;
hitting the French infantry vi1h ths.t
long lances before they vera yisiN,o
through the storm, 80 IN.
Hemmed in and overthrOwn, thc Wh5io
division, composed of 5000 JBen, wlth {
the exception Of ], 800, were cAptusaage
up, revealed to Bonaparte the peril -
which he was brought, and he ciDmedi6l
ordered a grand charge by the Impet
guard and the whole cavalry Nelhie9
was further from BoDdParteE wishes
expectation, than the bringing Of htk
serve into the engAs cement at this
stage of the battle, bTt there was no q
resources left hiWE --~i- 2 - sA
Murat sustained his high rcpntatlet IN
this occasion, and proved himself i6Ff
hundredth time, worthy Of the greed feon.
fidence Napoleon placed 10 hims NoaA
/ could be more imposing than The -
4 field at this noment Bo1epegte ee
] Empire tremhled IN the balaeiee y 6lle
Murat prepared 't6 fehd dUwn III q
to save tReM. SsSeaty' eQlieAfehsE ~
king in all ~, 900 well mounted snness
gan to move over the slope, whlla 4lln-
|
! B6napHrte; It issafd, WIS more nkitzted
at this crisis than when, amomenA esf6ee,
he was so near being captured by tho'
Russians. But as he saw those sexen1y
Squadrons come down On n pl0n9inR lEqE
pressing hard after the white piuu3s sof
Murat, that streamed through theuneW.
storm far in front, q smile passed aesef
his couptenance, xssfY
The earth groaned and trembled e they
passed, and the sabres, above the datk
and angry mass below, looked like tha
foam of a Sea.wave at its crests O4 Tho
deep. The rattling of tiieir arn0s, s1a
the muffled thunder Of their tread, dSsagh~
ed all the roar of battle. as with, 6rrns 1T
array, and swift, steady motion, thex bore
down with terrible front on the foe.
The shock Of that immense hOse A4,
like falling mountain, and the fFoutli
Of the Russian army went down likeda1t-
work before it. Then commeDcsd she
protracted fight of hand 10 hand, md
sword to sword, as in tfecavafff aeti1n
at Eckmulh. The cIashinG 0f 6l6sl W&B
like the, ringing of,couDtless haiAftb.
and horses and riders were fhlepded n
wild confusion together; the Rpssjsn ~
serve were ordered up, and ON these M0rkt
fell with his 6erce hofs6men, tfuHhiag
and trampling them down by thousands.
But the obstinate Russians disdained %
fly, and rallied again, SO that It Mas 10
longer cavalry charging infantry, hut
squadrons of horse gaiIOping thrOus thsF
broken hosts that, gathering intoiknness
still disputed, with unparalleled hEAaesEs :
the red and rent field.
1t was during this strange eight that
Murat was seen to perform oOeTOf thoSo
desperate deeds for which he WSSs6S B66
nowned. Excited to the highest piloAaf
passion by the obstacles that epnoPe&
him, be seemed endowed with q teufpl1
strength, and looked more like asnNhfs
human being treading down help2 n0F-
tails, than an ordinary man. lktnienee
roar of artillery and, Fattling of mNskntEH
and falling of sabre. strokes like liNhtgiRg
about him, that lofty white pIv(2 iDeexr
once went down, while ever and anoq ik
, was seen glaring through the sll0keNf
battle, the star Of hope to NapoatoA, asd
showing that his fright ARM ~ Ntin
J uplifted and striking for victory tts,
/ He ragged like an unloesed lion amid the
foe, and bis eyes, always terrible IN Aalle
burned with an increased luslEe, hil6i
his clear and steady voiCs, heaFd shesa
the turmoil of strife, was asw6Flh more ake
thousand trumpets to cheer On bic fqie
lowers. AT length, seeing kNot ef
sian soldiers that for a long time haa kt1k
up,a deyouring fire on his men, be whtSl.
ed his horse and drove in full galaepApok
their levelled muskets. A few ~ hip.
: guards that never allowed thai Nhfte
plume to leave their sight, charged ltR
him. Without waiting to count hia foER
he seized his bride in his teeth, and Ntt
, his pistol in one hand aud his iraNnsH61A6
in the other burst in aeadlOng GiFy apa6
f them, and scattered them as If 3 hulyisARo!
[ had swept by. Murat was thunde h11e
on that day, and the deeds that Nsse
wrought by him will ever fuFHi6f aisist1z
for the poet and the painter. les sss.ass
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nature has ordained love as wOmahs -
more than mans, is thus decleFea ~ 4
late moralist With man love u ne4ef. 5
, passion of such intensity as with 'We1s1Ik.
She is q creature Of sensibility hkll6s
! only in the outpourings and sympa1ies q
, her emotions. Every earthly hleNe.
, nay, every heavenly hope, will ks Fs,'f
feed for her affections. She WI l1tt
. the sunny home Of her ehjldhd
, protecting roof of her kindredei
E counsels of her sire, the admoHl
voice of that mother on whasa h
head had been pilltwAd--.do ~ N1 y
:. man can do consistently with ha
. sake all she has clung "a III ~
/ simplicity for year, and Es1li
into the arms Of the tnaI sHs
who woald forsahn G,Wpnlnn
testimonies Of Aeseti0n, tqp
. villain to be called 8 sna,l
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