The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-11-10

v hcn Napoleon was commandant of artillery a
Ioui'n, being Al that TINE only twentv-four wear,
Of age, ana probably not IA little vain Of 50 hipb
command al such period Of lite he one dav caused
Il battery L. irc tJr the amusement of a party o,
young ladlgs who had paid lis quarters visit. and
very thou@atcs>y espresso! desire 10 scc so,oa-
thing Of WAY. The fire was returned and several
soldiers we're killed. The exhibition was unnc
te-Nary; i contributed nothing to the success Of th
army, ana the blood shed Was causelcssIy and nm
Necessarily thrown away. Napoleon regretted that
incident t" the last day Of his life He smoke or j.
AZ - Helena having been subject of uucc,sr,,,
TrnoTsc- lie had sacrificed to the love Of ,h,liish
dl~rQy-tho vanity Of showing off betor. the Ia
des-the lives ofseveral poor fellows when he knew
there was no earthly necessity for it. In hi, deEnc
.I'' 'N'i''e Sohth considering the Importance of
He command, aIiI the desire Ii,ttttIol I, LII mon e
Ll' age 10 L. tkc favor able impression UPON "the
ladies' may be pleaded Probably few men in his
hituitlon would have done otherwise than he did
hi' still 1t Was A cllme-a crime which brought
with 1t degree Of rcmOrse not accorded to all the
bioodshcd Of his subsequent career His friendly
bogiaphers always speak Of it with regret those
WHO are not friendly the English for instance.
speak Of II as chine Of the deepest and blackest
dye The condemnation, considering the circum-
stances Is much too severe: but 10 the honor Of
MANKIND, no writer has yet been found to ius-
NY though many have attempted to cxtcnuate the
cruelty Of the decd
" i!!e III" plgkcts are perfectly quiet on both
1.les, az there Is no sign OF hostility on either
General Grant habtuay fires shDftrd saltcs alone
u "hoi '.', thirty-oid miles in extent whenever
stanton a. graz rs In. to him with regard to VIC
tones IL lie Valley in Georgia The CITY of Pc. |
.'.'plTr j., N part, commanded By these guns and
a.. h'' IRON them must necessarily fall in the
''"4s' % lie population 1t must be miracle if
' I" some extent be not lost be every one of these
''''e1 7''1'e7' They DO good, they advance no
'.I,' my are hot expected TO further the one,a.
''~'- OF 'Ar -''g: IL the slightest degree If the
d'7.'h be - encourage the troops by a loud noise
ala ali ing demonstration, 1t would hay. tho
sane ,heet to lire the guns without shot AZ with
'i'i' Inc presumption is, therefore, that they are
ASa win shot ior the purpose Of killing some
''4! III I1Aer words, Of perpetratng coll-b,od.d
e'' Or u may be, Il dozen such without .x !
Ing Inc slightest advantage from il. The =
IN, u humanity III every part Of tie world ex
, - Nl''sieh4'm must regard such deed with y
ana - IeI orator an assassin u
, A'' ''in, however, II is looked upon in
~. '''ht- Not one voice has been raised :
, -. '-'-~'!i'h baTbailty. Even in their re
y '"e e. people are not satisfied without COM al
murder There is novelty in the idea of T.
,, s"ute with shotted guns, and that il sufB- ~
-. 'hhufnan, barbarous, cold-boodel AZ !, i =
S'Ii'd rs the noblest Of modern invep.ion.
NV Vi course, expresses no coneIition, M, = :. VI
W., IMPOSED that lac feel. any. 81
"'' would Scott and Alison who have con ia
"i'''''n 50 severely for this one Youthful Ca
,,r;,,,r u "iait' who as already past tl, mn I
pt..,' y NIi'h'9oi' Wha. will his future ,5o,,a-
H., 'h'y should happen not :, l., Van
,a,. .ns.. a., ,ls'"> think it ali very pretty. Tbry
,l.e h.., II. o"' one aI"logy for hun, and tia,
lsri, ami u,r s4'"'ta oi. lie Is known to d,i,L -
work, OF d aron.a --'.'c' may have been the fire.