, 1862-04-12

bones crash my division like glass in a hal
storm" 'x3a foroi onii ni yiqq
For nine h9 IFS the carnage continued. Just al
the Austrians acre rputed, and were flying before
their victors, Napoleon appeared upon the field
Lannes had b en the hero of this bloody day
As he stood amidst mounds of the dead, black
ened with sm@ @Ee and with his uniform soiled and
tatteied will the terrible strife, Napoleon
grasped his Hand with smile of gratitude, and
conferred upon hin the title Of the Duke of Nom
tebello, j1srt s0aAad
-Four days after this, Napoleon with but 2O,-
900 men, encountered Melas, with 10000 troops
Supon ne plains of MaFengo. The Austrian force
included 1000 cavalry and 200 pieces of artillery
The French General, Desaix, with 5000 men,
was nearly thirty miles from the field, Forum
atey. when reclining in his tent, he heard the
first crash of the battle, as it came booming over
the fields like diatant thunder His troops were
instantly on the hiarch, and they pressed forward
with all possible speed to the aid of their COM
rades. il1 a hln'-0not no
All the day long Napoleon held his ground
against foe outnumbering him two to one. 1t
was now 3 o'cbck in the afternoon The con-
tending hosts we're within pistol shot of each 9th
er, and in man cases blending in the hercest fight
On parts of te field the French, exhausted and
overpowered, were retiring in confusion, pursued
and cut downby the cavalry of the foe. Napo-
leon. by his pksonal Supremacy still held few
squares togeter, slowly, reluctantly, butin good
order retiring while the victorious Austrians
closely felowPd them, aploughing their ranks
with two huIdred pieces of artillery, Melas
doubted not tlathe had gained the day, and dis
patched couriIrs thrcugout Europe TO announce
his victory.
Just then The solid columns Of Desaix appeared,
impetuously tntering the plain Desaix cast an
anxious glands over the confusion around him.
and upon itHe broken, bleeding and retreating
battalons Of The French, and spurring his horse,
gallopped to the point where Napoleon stood
enveloped, II the smoke and the dust of the
conflict. ~
II see." slid Desaix " that the battle is lost
| can do no more for you suppose, than to COW
er your RETREAT" Ah5
"By no Means Napoleon replied, :" The
battle, l trust. is gained Charge with your
column. The disorlered troops will rally in your
Desaix. af the head of his division, made an
impetuous charge upon the front Of the advancing
foe. Al the same time KelIerman received an
order to charge the foe in flank with his cavalry.
The change vas Ike one Of magic In an instant
the whole aspect of the field was transformed.
Those on the retreat we're promptly rallied Dy
the voice Of Napoleon as he rode along their
broken ranks
NV friends" said he we have retreated far
enough 1t is now our turn to advance. Recol-
ecl that I am in the habit of sleeping on the field
of battle"
The French now raised shouts of victory which
rose above the thuuders of the cannonade A
manic, and well founded one, now pervaded the
ranks of the Austrians. In the widest confusion
they broke and fed. They were pursued cut
down. and trampled beneath the iron hoofs OF
K ellermans Dragons When the sun went down
behind tile distant Alps, after Witnessing twelve
hours of this frightful carnage, more than twenty
thousand human beings were strewn upon the
plain, watering in blood oa'ai ta.ns'7
The rout of NIelas was so'entire that escape
was hopeless, and he was at the mercy of his vic
tor. Napoleon rode ever the field, and gazec
sadly upon the aspect of misery spread every
where around him. AS some ambulances passed
him laden with the mutilated forms of the
wounded, he stopped, and uncovered his head
saying at d.,
awe cannot but regret not being wounded
like these unhappy men, tha: we might share
their sufsrings'
Under the influence Of such feelings he took q
pen, upon that CORY feld and wrote as follows
to the Emperor of Austria: '''D
g SIRE 1t is on the field of battle, amid tht
suferings of multitude of wounded, and sur
rounded by fifteen thousand corpses, that l be
seech your Majesty to listen to the voice of hu
nanity, and not to suffer two brave nations to GU
each others throals for interests not their own
1t is my part 10 press this upon your Majesty
being upon the very theater of war Your Ma
jestys heart can not feel it as keeply as does
mine" .lr .p
The letter was long and eloquent, but unavail
inc. England and Austria still continued The
strife until lhe French armies, within sight of th'
steeples Of Vienna compelled apeaee.-M y
-4ssgye,-- n
A HINT TO SPoRrsMES.-A French journal
entitled Fsuiile de Tout le Monde, makes the fol
lowing explanation of fact which has puzzled
sporting men--nanlely, why the left barrel Of
gnn bursts so much more frequently than tn
right The explanation is this The sportsman
on going out, loads both barrels, and on seeing
bird rise, fires naturally the right he reload
that barreh and when he again sees bird or hare
he fires it again, and so he does perhaps, twent
times in succession But each firing gives shocl
to the charge in the left hand barrel, and at las
the succession of shocks separates the waddini
from the powder and shot, the consequence is tha
vacuum ensues between them, and when tn
second barrel is fired, it frequently bursts. i
prevent this DANGER the recommendation is mad
that whenever the right, hand barrel is loaded
the charge in the left hand one should always b
rsmmed down. 4l N,snlsV