The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-02-12

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Asscae The most semaskaAas men Of The due'
Who have lately passed from the stage Of life 4
Col. Claude Croses. A man 10 dlstingu shed f.
h,s su,e,,eeewsI abilities. % well A for his acquire
~e.,.. ana moseover vvho had been pa,,tcisan
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cd 1.m,e, -. . n.,u ~ tia M,,i,ary Poly
,ech,,e s,chooi or P.,,, :, which he graduated /,
II. y.s, lsga. ~ me ens,.e,rs. which, upon helm.
o,A.,.A ,.,o -. .s,v,.s \. erch..srd for tho ar
,,,,..v. In .se ,.,,., ..A NJ lime OF the above
go, =. -. o,s.,.A n ,exn the Grand Army, al
sA., ,,.. ,v,.. i, tina rs,a.d of Lobare, and tht
ns.a.bs. ana ho,d,.s po,ecssica Of Vienna, a few
.,,., .h,ve ON the nsh, bank, ny detachment
n. .rytvsa =, vienna ON the s,h of July, reported
10 the pruper oeaces, and was Immediately sem
forward 10 make his final report 70 the Emperor
Tho tsh,,as which wreeded the grea, hattie Of
Wsaam wss In fhn progress; he had, indeed
heana the rnr q the artillery before he arrived a,
Vienna the whole French army was over the
Danube, and was slowly forcing back the Austrians
from the Mashicsd Ia the semi circle Of low hills
by which II 10 half surrounded, and on which the
battle was fought the next day. He arrived In the
afternoon Of q very hot day, very much exhausted
by a long walk. and extremely anxious TO find the
Emneroy. that he might report and be assigned tn
HIS proper duty. This he found quite di1icu',
ioh for AZ of(en as ne went 10 one place, whittier
he had been directed nc was told that he had Just
lett, and would be found at come ether. In this
way he followed him from place 10 place for seve-
raj hours. hut at last succeeded in finding him and
making his report. He was engaged in the battle
of Wassam. which took Mace on the next day.
18th july, and was fought by three hundred thou
ssud men, In fun view OF an equal number Of spec
,a,ors for the windows and house tons of Vienna
were crowded 10 their ulmos, capacf,y. and tens
nj thousands viewed the spee,acIe from the sur
..,,,,a,.v h,,,s W. h.v. os,s, h..r, ~, C,ove,
xrc,k of the suh,,m,,v of ,h,, soec,ac,e. and the
,m,,e.s,or. never 70 he craa,ca,ed. which :, made
unon his vounr and arden, tmas,ua,,on.
rh. .nh;.c. NJ car nc,,c. made ,,e c,moa,cn or
Rns If nrt8ll NJ hoA IN fl.n
.s.s -. ,s...,,., M. H.. -. 80,
re,sou.,,v .na n, whom no aiw.vs entertained
a .,ymc ree.,a. lie though, him less moved nv
m..cer.ry considerations than o,moe, anu other
office, of HIS yank md renrc.cn,ed him ma n man
.r /. a,.no.,,,o, no,ur,,,v cx,,eme,v humane aud
comoassiora,e. He was mn, prs,nt n, the battle
os f,orodino. .hho,vh HIS eorps was engaged. but
nassed over the field a few DAYS after, on the
march 10 Moscow We have heard him describe
with all The animation Of person who had SEGA
what he spoke of, the memorable scenes that ful-
lowed the occupation Of that city the dep gloom
Of the French army at finding It empty of inhabi-
iants-thc confagration, with its Incidents of nn-
matched horror, and the utter bewi derment Of the
invaders when they found themselves cut off from
all hope Of shelter from the Russian winter, then
rapidly approaching. On the retreat, after the
battle of Krasnoi, he was taken prisoner In an at
tempt 10 reach the headquarters Of the Emperor,
with dispatches from Marshal Ney, and carried
before no less a parsonage than Field Marsha,
FRINGE Kulusof himself. Here he was examined
with great strictness by the Marshal himself, whom
he represented as an old man apparently on tho
verge Of dotage, very cunning, and very feeble of
body. He always expressed the belief that his
anhWesS ~ tuC 4ucruo"S P'opoScu ~ Hiu u"tiHB
this examination had the eff ct OF misleading
Kntusoff, and thereby of materially assisting the
escape of Marshal Ney, with the remnant Of bis
corps. His destiny was Siberia, OF course, and
there he spent the year 1918, and part of the EMU
inR wear. He returned to France after the peace O
1914 and was p,euarIno N em;,,a,e n the limited
States when NAPOLEON escared from Elba and re-
turned 10 France. This event unsettled all his
MANS. He immediately resumed bia nosi,ion as
CANAAN of artillery. During the Hundred DAVIS,
hi. regiment remained in the ueiehborhood of
Paris. erncc,inv every asv. surin, the latter po,.
of The II e. orders IN ;o,n ,he grand army in Rel,
,,um. On the morn,ns .f IN. o,s, of Inn. ,o w,s
sent upon duty 10 Paris. A he a,uroached The
TuilIeries, whi.he. his orders led him, he was cha
jenged by a sentinel. who told him he had orders
TO let no one pass Upon inqulring what was the
matter, the reply was ''the Emperor Is here.''-
Utterly amazed, and suspectfng that the man was
attempting 10 make him utter some reasonable
sentiment, ne asked HIN "what is the matter? Is
he wounded" "No, but he has been badly
beaten, and has come TO get reinforcemen,s.' -
Upon returning TO camp, and reporting, his superior
Oiscer was 30 incrcdulous, that he threatened to
put him under arrest
All the Writers upon the campaign Of Waterloo
express surprise at NapoIcon's remaining so many
hours inactive the day afler The battle of Ligny,
instead of marching upon Jemappcs, where there
ia . formidable delie, through which WELLINGTON
was obliged TO pass In falling back upon the posi-