St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-17

Cd by history. Yet net one in hundred
OF these famous sayings was probably ever
Ut cred by the men with whose names they
are labelled
So long as the star spangled banner con-
tinues II wave aud hcroism to bc admired
Americans will continue TO believe that
General Taylor, at the crisis of Bucna Nis-
ia, called out; A lttlc moro grape Cap
tain Bragg And equally impossible viii
ii be TO make. them Gisbelievc that General
Jackson fought at New Orleans be hind
brca~tBorks Of Gotten Yet Captain Bragg
asserts that the little more grape is 4
poetic fiction and f'Oid Hickory" always
denied the cotton bale story which Ger
taiult rather detrac;s from than adds TO
lis El3ry The only foundation for il was
thc fact that u few bales OF cotton goys(s
were Z ang into the breastwork, forming
but au insignificant part Of the natorltl.
\ rain, how uftcn DO our political orators
round q period with the famous cry Il the
British at the same battle of New 0rleans,
viz : Beauty aud booty, though it has
been declared by every surviving British
officer Of that battle to be u nc;ion, pcr-
haps no hero l! ancient al modern .incs has
been credited With 50 many grand and
even sublime utjcranccs, which he never
uttered, as Lord Nelson. In S,uthc} ;
alu;lr1lo life Of tn hero, ii IS related that
when going Into he battle Of IL" \ lie,
Captain Berry, Nrl, n second ii com
manl. was talI the plan and its probable
results. and eNcIaiurl with transport
III We succeed, vast will Ia. void say:'
"I'hero IS no II in the case, replied Mel
sou; that ". Shall succeed is certain ~
WHO may live % tell The story is a very
different question:" Mr. Massey quote,
the story IN his history OF the reign of
tirorgo ", and adds: 1--WE are as~ur-
ci on the authority Of Captain Berry lin
self that no s~ch scene TOOK Fl &C. y
again, who las not admired the simple
majesty Of he sentiment expressed in the
o.,t1r Of Nc.eon at Trafalgar, which hss
been 50 otttn the hattle-cry Of Britannia $
s5az on land ana Il =: "tnglnnd expects
every man to Dc b duty - Yet the real
order was, "Ne(Snn expects cvery man to
do his duty" (" for which the former was IN
ccniouslv substituted By the officer whose
Business it WAS 70 tricgrap III HE order to
he fleet simaly because ho could tnd 10
rar 10 tela-ra,h the word Nelson. Ouce
la.ra-whosa soul has hot teen thrilled IS
Ne su5hmc sentiment Of the reply viii.
which the same hero Is said have silrn-
rgd ;Ao ai1tetionatc opportunities Of his OH
GERS when thew cntreatud him to conceal
thc stars on his breast at Trafalgar: In
honor gained them, AID in honor viii
,ic with them y History har recorded
few uoher sentiments. than which Tnctus
could not have put finer into tho mouth
Of .Agrcoa. But its merits are purely
imaginative The facts are, as DR.. Ar
mold gathered them from Sir Thomas lar
ly, that Nelson wore on the day Of the
l..i,lc the sqme coat which he had worn
for weeks, having the Order Of the Bah
cmbreiIerlI ,qpon It and, when his friends
expressed, s,1uc fears regarding the dan
Ger. Nelson answered ,hat he was aware
Of danger, but tia. ii WAS 900 late ih9n
to shift a coat.
"Ep gou.Js, end at en- ~ men will al
WAYS hel.,yc to have been the exclamation
Of " ellington while they feel III inter,s in
the story OF Waterloo, in spite of tie
Dukes protest that be uttered no such non
sense and il rs implicitly VIII t@ey b.
iicve the taIlyirg statement hat the Inpc-
rial C,uard uttered he bravaio, ''Lu ganI,
aealt Ct ~ Sc ~enI. pts - which j. purely
a uyth, although inscribed, too, Oh tn.