The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1865-03-22
sUwARRow. THE RUSSIAN HRRo.


mouth, pug hose. eyes commonly half shut.
few grey sde locks. brought over the top
d his bald Gown, and small unpowdered
queue. the whole surmounteJ by three
eornerod irlt hat, ornamented with green
fringe. eempcsed the " head aud front" oil
Field Marshal Suwarrow; bur his eyes.
shen opened we're piercing. and in battle
hey were sait TO be terri6caIly expressive.
When anything said sr done displeased
hin. 4 wavy play ot his deeply. ~rinkled
lsrehead betrayed. or rather expressed his
dinpprosal. lie had a philosophical con-
tmpt Tor drsu. and might oiten be seen
ldillins his sen in shirt-sleeves. II was
aly during he se,errst weather that he
sore elsth. his outer garments beng usu-
,lly Of white serge turned up with green.
These were most indifferently made. as
.ue his large, eoarsely creased. slouching
lsOts one oi Nhcl, he very commonly dis
rnsd with, leaving his knee.band un-
(uoued, and his stocking about his heel.
huge sabre and single order completed
bio ordinary csstuSe; but on grand oces-
nops his 6eid-rnarshsl's . Uniform was cover
ed with badges. and he was fond Of telling
where and how he had Won them. H. oftsn
,r0se st midnight. and welcomed the first
adier he saw mosing with q piercing i'm
tuition u the cuwlng Of cock, IN compli-
seat 10 his early rising. II il said that
Ir,hs fret Psli,h war, knowing a spy was
"A the camp. he issued orders for an attack
Il cock crow. aad the enemy. expecting il
10 the morning. were cut 10 pieces at nine
,t highi-Suwarow having turned out the
troops a. hsur before By his weli-known
cry. The evening before the storm Of Is
mail, lie lnformef his columns:
"Te aerros morning. 40 hour before
aybreak. l mean 10 get up. ! shall then
rive one good eerk-cto~. sud capture Is
nal !"
When Segur a&ed him if he ever took
sfhis claIhes Al right. he replied:
No. when | g,t lazy. aud want to
Aay, esmfor,able sleep. | generally take
% one SPAR"
/ Buckets of cbld water were throsn over
him before he dressed, and his table wa.
ssrYsd al seven or eight o'clock with sand
wlehes and varluts mes.es which Dubos-
eiss describes a. d,stable Cossssek dishes /;
10 sh.eh men pad "the mputh honor.
.hieh they would i,in deny, bur dare not. /"
lest Sus arrow should consider then efemi.
hte. lie had be,n very Nckly in his
'suih, but by sp,rs diet and cold bathing
had Nerngth ned a,d hardened himself ia.
70 first rate CONDITION. English ave was
hn h,orIIe drink. Soldiers, ind,frrentl,
rom any regiment were his servants. His
isod. sliaw (ior he used no bed } and lodg.
lug were tSe same rs theirs. lie saluted
!" ihss do Disposed with his pocket
Aandkerchi,is. like them; weld be seen
hill.nakrd, airing lis SHIRT and dressing
Almsell al q watch 6rr, among crowd oi
Them; 10 short. he ADOPTED all their habits.
Dsscend,ug 20 be thur friend and model
' did not only whslthey were obliged 10
-. bat whatever IL sas to their advantage
sasuld be dome ant thrs we're proud tu
intaie the man VIII vas not less their
tontads ihsn their commander. aud the
esmpanlon VI primer, The cnnstraint oI
saty VAS unielt--sbriieice was . delight
70 hem. Thev eallet themselves his chill
rsa ind him their fahsr, aud while he at
fsnded to their wants Ike one, his familiar
eats With them, or in heu presence. made
f"fy eondescensivn c,nmy some lesson.
q what ! say 10 a sodi,r," he observed.
n'old to his comrades al night. aud the
eat day the army know H."
mpress co them he duty Of implicit
0'd'shce. has aides.detamp were accus-
a'd 10 interrupt his siuasr or his dvze
ilk." :"
"Ah"he wauld answer, in affected sur
ns. "by whose orderi'
ny that of rld-MSshal suwsrrnw, -
me nplvi and che sust be obeysd," )"
a NE laughiag aud subaissive rrjoinder.